Hope, Despair and Memory: Passivity Quotes

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Quote #4

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. (29, 1)

Action doesn't need to be transformative. Speaking out against oppression and injustice is something that, at the very least, we all can do.

Quote #5

Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. (29, 8)

With this speech, Elie Wiesel wants to ultimately shake his listeners out of their passivity…because the stakes are way, way too high for inaction.