Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
ABBA EBANSalvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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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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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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.’ Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved.
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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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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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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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