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A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. I remember the killers, I remember the victims, even as I struggle to invent a thousand and one reasons to hope.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
None of us is in a position to eliminate war, but it is our obligation to denounce it and expose it in all its hideousness. War leaves no victors, only victims.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
For us, forgetting was never an option. Remembering is a noble and necessary act.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. The Talmud tells us that by saving a single human being, man can save the world.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)
Waking among the dead, one wondered if one was still alive. And yet real despair only seized us later. Afterwards. As we emerged from the nightmare and began to search for meaning.
Hope, Despair, and Memory (1986)