I Swore Never To Be Silent Whenever And Wherever Human Beings Quotes

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever
human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
We must always take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor,
never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor
(The Nobel Peace Prize speech, 1986)

Be sure you put your feet in the right place,
then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln

There is no such thing as privacy on a computer.
The view here is that if you don't want something read,
don't put it on the system.
- Thomas Mandel
quoted in Time, April 6, 1987

In order to rise from its own ashes,
a Phoenix first must burn.
- Octavia E. Butler

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess,
when my opponent says of it:
That piece cannot be moved. - Soren Kierkegaard

Liars will figure but figures will not lie.
- K Santhanam

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work...
I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen