64 Quotes by Simon Wiesenthal

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.

Forgetting is something time alone takes care of, but forgiveness is an act of volition, and only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision

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

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

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.

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.

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.