Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.

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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.

Abba Eban

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Prophet Salvation Waiting

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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.

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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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Chorus Say
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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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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Arab Impulsive Rejection Routine Sheer Tempted
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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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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Domineer Idolatry Nourish Source
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 statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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Ear Glued Neither Permanently Posture Statesman
Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Miss never Palestinian
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Exhausted Teach
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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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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Sued Unconditional Victor
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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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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Flat Flattered Introduce
Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives

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Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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Alternatives Exhausted Intelligent
Israel is not an aviary.

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Israel is not an aviary.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.

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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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Dislike Wish
Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated…to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international navigation in the Straits in 1957 and thereafter.

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Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated…to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international navigation in the Straits in 1957 and thereafter.
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Cairo Closing Communicate Doubt Intention Minister Strait
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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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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Nobody Proclaiming
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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Leader Mean Political
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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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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Embodiment Jews Minority Reminder
You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.

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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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Detached Somehow Way

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