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.

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.

Be bold, don't be boring.

I am not capable of love. - Felix

Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

Liberation movements - prizing ends over means - are not always particular about their friends or scrupulous about their transactions.

I do not want to see any of the people cringing supplicants for the favor of the Government, when they should all be independent masters of their own destiny.

It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.

Respect every opponent, but fear none.

Style lasts forever and taste doesn't.

An acting teacher once told me, 'Greet everything with yes... Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.'

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.