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" I don't know much about politics, and I don't want to know. That's why I rarely involve myself in politics. "
Elie Wiesel
Know
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" Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself. "
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" I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. "
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Night
Question
" The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. "
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Duty
Sad
World
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Election
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Stand
" I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. "
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Story
Death
Remember
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War
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