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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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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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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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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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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Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People’s sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.
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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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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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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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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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