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Elie Wiesel Quotes: For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.
         

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.


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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.



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The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Indifference creates evil. Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.



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Even in darkness it is possible to create light.



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I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.



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To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.



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All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.



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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.





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