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"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Quote of the day - Dictators in Gold Braids - from Pablo Neruda
The delicate dictator is talking with top hats, gold braid, and collars.
Pablo Neruda - who spent some time in Rangoon, Burma before World War II
Now the Burmese dictators are in civilian clothes.
