A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
ELIE WIESELFor the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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In the word question, there is a beautiful word – quest. I love that word.
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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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There is much to be done, there is much that can be done… one person of integrity can make a difference.
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Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.
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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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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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I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story – and perhaps into a prayer.
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Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate – healthy virile hate – for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.
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Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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