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


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



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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.



Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.



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

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



Israel is not an aviary.

Israel is not an aviary.



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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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