Men kan zeggen, je moet je mond houden, maar geen oordeel hebben bestaat niet. Niemand kan een ander zijn oordeel verbieden, al is die ander nog zo jong." - Meaning and context.">
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinions. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.
• 2 March 1944

Men kan zeggen, je moet je mond houden, maar geen oordeel hebben bestaat niet. Niemand kan een ander zijn oordeel verbieden, al is die ander nog zo jong.

— Anne Frank

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Men kan zeggen, je moet je mond houden, maar geen oordeel hebben bestaat niet. Niemand kan een ander zijn oordeel verbieden, al is die ander nog zo jong." in the context of "People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinions. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.
• 2 March 1944" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Frank" (Quotes, The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944): Version A composed from her 13th birthday on 12 June 1942, until 1 August 1944, just prior to her family's capture. Version B (Der Achterhuis) is a rewrite and edit of version A began on the 20 May 1944. https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/two-versions-annes-diary/ , 1944) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 29, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Anne Frank

About Anne Frank

Annelies Marie Frank (12 June 1929 – February/March 1945) was a young German-born Jewish diarist and aspiring writer, who died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.