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SILENCE: Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor. (Ginetta Sagan, Italian-born American human rights activist best known for her work with Amnesty International on behalf of prisoners of conscience, 1925-2000)

SILENCE: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialistThen they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a JewThen they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)

SILENCE: Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

SILENCE: Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. (Pythagoras, Ionian Greek philosopher and mathematician, who is best known for the Pythagorean theorem and whose ideas are said to have had a marked influence on Plato, c.570â€“495 BCE)

SILENCE: First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, 1906-1945)

SILENCE: Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech. (Amelia Barr, British teacher and novelist who wrote about the capacity of women to be successful, 1831-1919)

SILENCE: One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears. (Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State, and one of the longest serving individuals in that office, 1909-1994)

SILENCE: Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. (Samuel Johnson, English writer, moralist, literary critic, and lexicographer, 1709-1784)

SILENCE: Better silent than stupid. (German proverb)

SILENCE: It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgement to be silent. (Jean de la Bruyere, French philosopher and moralist, known for his satire, 1645-1696)

SILENCE: I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. (Calvin Coolidge, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. governor and later as the 30th President of the United States, 1872-1933)

SILENCE: It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue. (Greek proverb)

SILENCE: Speech is silver; silence is golden. (German proverb)

SILENCE: Still waters run deep. (English proverb)

SILENCE: Vessels never give so great a sound as when they are empty. (John Jewell, English Bishop of Salisbury and a key figure in the Christian Reformation movement, 1522-1571)

SILENCE: I regret often that I have spoken; never that I have been silent. (Publilius Syrus, Syrian writer who as a slave was brought to Italy to be educated, best known for his moral sayings, aphorisms and maxims, 1st Century B.C.E.)

SILENCE: Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. (Epicetus, Greek Stoic philosopher, 55 A.D.-135 A.D.)

SILENCE: The cruelest lies are often told in silence. (Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and travel writer, Scottish novelist and travel writer, best known for his book Treasure Island, among others, 1850-1894)

SILENCE: The silent dog is the first to bite. (Old proverb)

SILENCE: Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. (Aldous Huxley, English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books-both novels and non-fiction works, 1894-1963)

SILENCE: I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it. (George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1856-1950)