Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

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

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

Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

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

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.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

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

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

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

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

Leave it to the Alderaanians to slap a cheery end on a nice little grisly children’s morality tale.

There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry.

Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.

I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice.

There is critical mass with high-speed Internet connections, so video is a good user experience. And that means there can be critical mass for advertisers.

Because I live in California now, I find my musings really being centered in this world.

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

The bond was so strange at times. Jill was jealous on Adrian's behalf.

Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in.