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Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.

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Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

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From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist," he said. "I have to be.

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Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in exile, friend...more

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I still believe in man in spite of man. I believe in language even though it has been wounded, deformed, and perverted by the enemies of mankind. And ...more