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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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Saturday, February 07, 2026
And also there's a novel based on the life of Redoute who was Marie Antoinette's painter of flowers--
he survived the French Revolution and died, it is said, "Contemplating a flower."
