I AM PROUD TO BELONG TO A NATION WHICH HAS SHELTERED - THE REFUGEES OF ALL RELIGIONS AND ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation.

- Swami Vivekananda
Delivered at the World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 11th September 1893