Marek Edelman Quotes & Sayings

My idea of socialism is no state monopoly. There should be stress on the subjectivity of the human being. You need good material conditions, a high level of culture, much freedom and friendship. And it won't come today or tomorrow. It's a long and winding road — Marek Edelman

The Bundists did not wait for the Messiah, nor did they plan to leave for Palestine. They believed that Poland was their country and they fought for a just, socialist Poland, in which each nationality would have its own cultural autonomy, and in which minorities' rights would be guaranteed. — Marek Edelman

To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors. — Marek Edelman

Man is evil, by nature man is a beast. People have to be educated from childhood, from kindergarten, that there should be no hatred. — Marek Edelman