I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory. – Elie Wiesel
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. – Elie Wiesel
No human race is superior no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. – Elie Wiesel
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. – Elie Wiesel
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community. In other words, literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. – William O. Douglas