The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
ABBA EBANA consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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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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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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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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Israel is not an aviary.
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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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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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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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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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It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world.
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