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Quotes from Nobel acceptance speech — Elie Wiesel

1928–2016 Romania

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No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.

Nobel acceptance speech (1986)

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Nobel acceptance speech (1986)

As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our lives will be filled with anguish and shame.

Nobel acceptance speech (1986)

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.

Nobel acceptance speech (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elie Wiesel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.