Elie Wiesel Quotes
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.
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Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
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Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.
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Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must at that moment become the center of the universe.
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Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations - not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children.
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We thought it would be enough to tell of the tidal wave of hatred which broke over the Jewish people for men everywhere to decide once and for all to put an end to hatred of anyone who is 'different' - whether black or white, Jew or Arab, Christian or Moslem - anyone whose orientation differs politically, philosophically, sexually.
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No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.