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ELIE WIESELEducation in the key to preventing the cycle of violence and hatred that marred the 20th century from repeating itself in the 21st century.
More Elie Wiesel Quotes
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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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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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In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.
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Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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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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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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Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.
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One person of integrity can make a difference.
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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
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