But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding as they are nauseating: ethnic conflicts, religious riots, anti-Semitic incidents here, there, and everywhere. What is wrong with these morally degenerate people that they abuse their freedom, so recently won?
Elie WieselMy ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud.
Elie WieselHope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
Elie WieselI don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of oppression. To stifle opposition. To mute resistance.
Elie Wiesel