Ruth Westheimer

I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.

Never to forget the Holocaust was not only against Jews. It was mostly against Jews but it was also against homosexuals, gypsies and, let's not forget, people with disability.

I have never, ever been embarrassed by saying, 'I don't know.' I think maybe that's part of that longevity of my career. Sometimes I have to say, 'I don't know but I'll find out. Call me next week.'

Every person has to be respected.

I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.

Because of my experience with the Holocaust, I don't like to lose friends.

If not for the Kindertransport, I would not be here today.

I think I was fortunate that even in the children's home I had a boyfriend. How important it was, as an orphan at the age of 12, to be caressed and to be kissed and to know that there is someone who really deeply cared about me.

When I was in Switzerland, I still had the fantasy I could have saved my parents and family if I'd stayed in Germany. All nonsense. If they had not made the sacrifice to send their only child to Switzerland, I wouldn't be alive.