I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human bein… - Elie Wiesel

" "
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.

Elie Wiesel

English

Collect this quote

About Elie Wiesel

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (30 September 1928 – 2 July 2016) was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books (mostly written in French and English), including Night, a work based on his experience incarcerated in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Eliezer Wiesel • A-7713 • Élie Wiesel

Full Quote All quotes from Elie Wiesel Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Elie Wiesel:

Primo Levi Ursula K. Le Guin James Baldwin José Saramago Steven Erikson

Additional quotes by Elie Wiesel

When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.

We are all brothers and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive. (pg. 39)

Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. - Elie Wiesel

About Elie Wiesel

Also Known As

Limited Time Offer

Additional quotes by Elie Wiesel

Go Premium