Elie Wiesel Quotes
The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence.
Wiesel, Elie. The Testament. Summit Books, 1981, p. 7.
Spinoza was one of the most feared intellectuals in human history—feared that is by the established power structures. He is the only known person who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims—all were forbidden to read his works. He was the enemy of authority and advocated personal reason as the guide for men.
Bashir Assad responded to some peaceful protests triggered by the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East by allowing his security forces to shoot unarmed demonstrating civilians and shelling with artillery to and apartment buildings of neighborhoods where there were large numbers of demonstrators. So many thousands of civilians were liked that the protestors, who initially only wanted more freedom, also demanded Assad’s resignation and his trial for war crimes by the World Court. Baker did not think that Assad could hold power very much longer.
Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
