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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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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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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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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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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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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Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man’s initiative.
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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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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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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 consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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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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Israel is not an aviary.
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