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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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Israel is not an aviary.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific research program]
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Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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