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Stephane Hessel [1917-2013] French

Rank: 105
Diplomat, Writer

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers.

Failure, Peace

Quote	Tags	Rank
Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.	Peace	101
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.'		102
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 have no interest in the common good.		103
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. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people.		104
To create is to resist; to resist is to create.		105
For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.		106
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.		107
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 outraged by Nazism, then people become militant, strong, and involved.		108
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 an entity that is not subordinate to international law.		109
I feel that I am completely in solidarity with Jews in the world, because I know what it is to be a Jew. I've seen what it is; I am myself of Jewish origin, and therefore I can only be fully in support of the idea that the Jews, after all they've suffered, need a country where they are at home.		110
History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism.		111
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.		112
The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such as in Cuba - failed for the most part, a failure which was completely clear by the end of the century.	Failure	113
I always say that when a country wins with such overwhelming might, it's bad news for that country.		114
Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.		115
I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.		116
I've been tremendously lucky. I went through things that turned out wrong, and I got myself out of them.		117

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