Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day

Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years.

There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it.

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.

My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren.

What happened to the Jews cannot be compared with all the other crimes. Every Jew had a death sentence without a date.

You're a religious man, ... You believe in God and life after death. I also believe. When we come to the other world and meet the millions of Jews who died in the camps and they ask us, 'What have you done?' there will be many answers. You will say, 'I became a jeweler.' Another will say, 'I smuggled coffee and American cigarettes.' Another will say, 'I built houses.' But I will say, 'I didn't forget you.'