Stephane Hessel quotes
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“From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.”
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“If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'”
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“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 me throughout my life.”
-- Stephane HesselSource : "Stéphane Hessel fought injustice all his great life" by Agnès Poirier, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.
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“Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.”
-- Stephane HesselSource : "A French Manifesto to Unite Occupy Wall Street" by William D. Cohan, www.sfgate.com. November 30, 2011.
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“To create is to resist, to resist is to create.”
-- Stephane Hessel
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Source : 'Listener' 6 June 1963
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Source : "Jackson Told To Apologize for "Anti-Semitic Rant" by wenn.com, November 25, 2005.
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“There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.”
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“If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.”
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“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.”
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