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.

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

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.

Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.

People don't know that when there is something running in my mind, I start smiling. If I'm angry, I smile and blush.

Intersectionality allow us to focus on what is most important at a given point in time.

It's not terribly dignified to have anyone seeing one laugh at one's own material.

I definitely care. I'm very competitive, but I am satisfied with my delivery and that I only missed with a few pitches.

The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first.

The best things are the most common.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.