Stephane Hessel Quotes

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• Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.
• To create is to resist, to resist is to create.
• If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to…
• My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided…
• For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.
• I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire.…
• History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism.
• I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was…
• From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
• As long as Palestinian violence exists, but not a Palestinian state, Israel is in danger, because it cannot obtain assistance from the international community against…
• The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They…
• Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.
• I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.
• The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such…

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