Simon Wiesenthal

“Amnesty is the forgiveness of a nation, and it is something which a victim cannot grant.”

“The Nazi extermination of the Jews was a turning point in history for the whole world. It was a catastrophe of such magnitude that it has to be taught to every new generation, in every country, not as some kind of horrible science fiction, but as a lesson.”

“Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.”

“For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.”

“There is no freedom without justice.”

“Freedom is not a gift from heaven, you have to fight for it every day.”

“Justice for crimes against humanity must be unconditional. It is a prerequisite to establishing the rule of law.”

“When history looks back, I want people to know that the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it.”

“The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defense. Through this we can build, we must build, a defense against repetition.”

“Humor is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile in the face of the ideology that would crush them.”

“What I did, I did for the millions of people who are not here to speak for themselves.”

“Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.”