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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?

Elie Wiesel

Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.
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Himself Place Refugee Time
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
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Different Greatness Silence Sin
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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Dreams Future Hope Live Man Reflection
Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Change Life Protection World
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.
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Life Meaning Obligation Ourselves Passive
In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.
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Beginning Children Dangerous Faith Illusion Trust
Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Accountability Enough Human Leaving Problem
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Help Oppression Side Victim
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
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Cruelty Discrimination Hurt Silence Stand Victim
We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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Believe God Illusion Man Spark
A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering… The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.
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Human Mission Pain People Religion Suffering
You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.
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God Mystery Oneself Religious Return Shaking
For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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Imagination Invention Memories Myself People Time
Education in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
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Education Hate Repeat Violence
Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.
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Hands Life Open
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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Exercise Himself Man Power Ultimate

No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?

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No human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?

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