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Elie Wiesel Quotes: Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.
         

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.


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Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment — become the center of the universe.
         



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



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