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..you do not leave a library if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you.

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means.
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First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.
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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
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We know, for instance, of The Book of the Wars of the Lord. It is mentioned in the text [Numbers 21:14]. There was a book: Where is it? One day you will dig and you will maybe find it. [Laughter]
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A voice behind me asked, Where is God? Where is He? Where can He be now? and a voice within me answered: Where? Here He is - He has been hanged here, on these gallows.
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Take sides. Neutrality always serves the oppressor and never the oppressed.
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I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.
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Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.
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Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.
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Nevertheless, we are led to believe that true words can communicate more than truth, they communicate what life is all about, that it's threatened, when it's threatened, when it's in danger, then it becomes a curse or a blessing.
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Weapons means killing. Weapons is ah, I'm simply sensitive to the word.
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