This line from the poem, "The New Colossus," exemplifies the ideals of U. S. citizenship and can be found

the base of the statue of Liberty

"The New Colossus" was composed by American author Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) in 1883. Her ancestors were Sephardi Jews (who were expelled from Spain in the late 15th century), and her family had emigrated to the United States from Portugal in the second half of the 18th century, so, although she grew up in a well-to-do household in New York City, she soon showed a strong interest in, and sensitivity towards, the history of Jewish people, and had a first-hand and very poignant experience witnessing the overwhelming arrival of immigrants into the United States. Therefore, even though at first she rejected the invitation to compose a poem that would be auctioned in order to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, she eventually changed her mind and agreed to do it, impelled by her sincere affection for immigrants and her desire to stress the bad conditions in which they were arriving to the United States. For Lazarus, Lady Liberty, on behalf of the American people, rather than oppressing or dissuading Europe's tired, poor, huddled masses and homeless people, welcomes them with a warm and modest embrace.