His ignorance is encyclopedic.
ABBA EBANIt [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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A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
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Israel is not an aviary.
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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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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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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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You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.
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Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Better to be disliked than pitied.
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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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Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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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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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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