Quote by 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.

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race,

Summary

This quote emphasizes the significance of acknowledging and addressing instances of persecution based on race, religion, or political views. It suggests that when individuals face discrimination or mistreatment because of these factors, the location where it occurs becomes the epitome of attention and importance in the world. By highlighting the impact of persecution, the quote encourages humanity to empathize, intervene, and seek justice in these situations, emphasizing the urgency and centrality of standing against any form of oppression.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot esca

The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape from death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present -- henceforth? -- the subject to which you are condemned. The first thought is this: fear. I cannot write because I am afraid. Of what?

Howard Nemerov, Journal of the F

Authors & Writing

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to

You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to... do my family tree back to the slave ship and then reverse the Middle Passage, as I like to put it, and find the tribe or ethnic group that I was from in Africa.

Henry Louis Gates

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help y

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Friendship People Growth Help

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of h

I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of reli

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen mar

He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had seen grow up around her, how she had contentedly pursued her own lone quite path-for him.~ Stephen speaking of Rachael

Charles Dickens

Love Waiting Classic

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth -

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

If the United States of America or Britain is having electio

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from t

Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is -- One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.

You can't go home again

You can't go home again

Home Loss Inspirational Leaving Return

No one is born hating another person because of the color of

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

Religion Racism Ethnicity

To buy happiness is to sell soul.

To buy happiness is to sell soul.