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Elie Wiesel Quotes: I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.
         

I've been fighting my entire adult life for men and women everywhere to be equal and to be different. But there is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent.


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



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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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