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What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.

Elie Wiesel

I don’t want my past to become anyone else’s future.
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Future Myself Past
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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Appearance Beautiful Contradiction Human Illegal Right Wrong
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
Every moment contains a spark of eternity.
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Forever Moments Myself Spark Time
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
The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
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Kill Philosophy Silence Word Wrong
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
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Ash Dreams Forget God Moments Murder
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
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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Despair Myself Rejection Remember Responsibility
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
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Encouragement Silence Torment
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
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Election God Official Person Religious
For us it’s not easy to be conformist, I cannot stand to be conformist, I don’t accept what it is, I like to say no. If I see an injustice I scream.
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Acceptance Confirm Easy Justice Myself Stand
For 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
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Action Death Live Memories Responsibility
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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Human Man Suffering Woman
you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Group Person Suffering Yourself

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