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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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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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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Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
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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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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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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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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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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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Israel is not an aviary.
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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives
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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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