Brainpickings
In 1986, at the age of fifty-eight, Romanian-born Jewish-American writer and political activist Elie Wiesel (b. September 30, 1928) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee called him a “messenger to mankind.” Wiesel lived up to that moniker with exquisite eloquence on December 10 that year — exactly ninety years after Alfred Nobel died — as he took the stage at Norway’s Oslo City Hall and delivered a spectacular speech on justice, oppression, and our individual responsibility in our shared freedom. The address was eventually included in Elie Wiesel: Messenger for Peace
In 1986, at the age of fifty-eight, Romanian-born Jewish-American writer and political activist Elie Wiesel (b. September 30, 1928) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee called him a “messenger to mankind.” Wiesel lived up to that moniker with exquisite eloquence on December 10 that year — exactly ninety years after Alfred Nobel died — as he took the stage at Norway’s Oslo City Hall and delivered a spectacular speech on justice, oppression, and our individual responsibility in our shared freedom. The address was eventually included in Elie Wiesel: Messenger for Peace
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Published on May 14, 2012
Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel has inspired generations to social
action. He celebrated the power of law to change people's lives when he
accepted the 2012 William O. Douglas Award. "This is what we must do --
not to sleep well when people suffer anywhere in the world," Professor
Wiesel told the audience of more than 1,000. "Not to sleep well when
someone's persecuted. Not to sleep well when people are hungry all over
here or there. Not to sleep well when there are people sick and nobody
is there to help them. Not to sleep well when anyone somewhere needs
you. You don't sleep well. And for this... we are very grateful to you." (10:55 min)
