Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations. Simon Wiesenthal More Quotes by Simon Wiesenthal More Quotes From Simon Wiesenthal For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. Simon Wiesenthal evilmenhistory You're a religious man, ... You believe in God and life after death. I also believe. When we come to the other world and meet the millions of Jews who died in the camps and they ask us, 'What have you done?' there will be many answers. You will say, 'I became a jeweler.' Another will say, 'I smuggled coffee and American cigarettes.' Another will say, 'I built houses.' But I will say, 'I didn't forget you.' Simon Wiesenthal coffeereligiousgod Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day Simon Wiesenthal freedomfightingheaven 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. Simon Wiesenthal tragedylawpeople The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind. Simon Wiesenthal threateningtechnologyhatred The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition. Simon Wiesenthal crimeinformationmen There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters. Simon Wiesenthal waitingmonsterstwo Even before I had had time to really think things through, I realized we must not forget. If all of us forgot, the same thing might happen again, in 20 or 50 or 100 years. Simon Wiesenthal mightyearsthinking For me the Holocaust was not only a Jewish tragedy, but also a human tragedy. After the war, when I saw that the Jews were talking only about the tragedy of six million Jews, I sent letters to Jewish organizations asking them to talk also about the millions of others who were persecuted with us together - many of them only because they helped Jews. Simon Wiesenthal organizationtalkingwar Hatred can be nurtured anywhere, idealism can be perverted into sadism anywhere. If hatred and sadism combine with modern technology the inferno could erupt anew anywhere. Simon Wiesenthal sadismtechnologyhatred Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. Simon Wiesenthal smilelaughterhappiness Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived. Simon Wiesenthal survivalaskingforever My cause was justice, not vengeance. My work is for a better tomorrow and a more secure future for our children and grandchildren. Simon Wiesenthal causesjusticechildren I have lost my mother, my father, my five, and ninety relatives in Poland. Poland is for me a cemetery. Simon Wiesenthal motherlostfather None of my 'clients' - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler or Stalin - was born a criminal. Somebody had to teach them to hate: maybe the society, maybe the politics, maybe just a Jewish prostitute. Simon Wiesenthal criminalsclientshate God must have been on leave during the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal holocaustgenocidehas-beens There were millions of such families anxious only for peace and quiet in their own little nests. These were the mounting blocks by which the criminals climbed to power and kept it. Simon Wiesenthal nestscriminalsblock The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. Simon Wiesenthal forgivenesshomeschool Tolerance and human rights require each other. Simon Wiesenthal tolerancehumansrights When history looks back I want people to know the Nazis weren't able to kill millions of people and get away with it. Simon Wiesenthal wantpeoplelooks
