"A nation is not when everybody goes to church every Sunday, or everyone goes to mosque on Friday. A nation is full of everybody doing whatever they want to do."
-- Abrahim ??? (one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan")
“We good people are a majority in the world, but we are so powerless. We can be powerful if we unite our efforts”
-- Abu Asal Abu Asal (Voices from Darfur)
"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
“Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.”
-- Elie Wiesel
"On the one hand, that sounds pretty depressing: so much effort for little result on the ground. But, on the other hand, not one person... was about to give up. Darfur is still too important to ignore, and we all know we will help convince the world into action, even if it takes us longer than we would like and longer than basic decency demands."
-- Andrew Stroehlein, International Crisis Group
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