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

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Israel is not an aviary.
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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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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
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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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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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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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You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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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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