A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

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.

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Israel is not an aviary.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

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.

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.

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.

A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

I am the best author of my life.

The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that's not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints.

There is nothing we could ever do to make God love us more

I was a daisy fresh girl and look what you've done to me.

And still as an adult like I do as well, you know what I mean like I literally just cried in the first interview that I had today. Like, I'm just a very emotional human.

Is 4 the same 4 for everybody? Are all sevens equal? When the convict ponders the light is it the same light that shines on you?

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.

I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.