Leon Pinsker famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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This is the kernel of the problem, as we see it: the Jews comprise a distinctive element among the nations under which they dwell, and as such can neither assimilate nor be readily digested by any nation.
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Hence the solution lies in finding a means of so readjusting this exclusive element to the family of nations, that the basis of the Jewish question will be permanently removed.
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This does not mean, of course, that we must think of waiting for the age of universal harmony.
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No previous civilization has been able to achieve it, nor can we see even in the remote distance, that day of the Messiah, when national barriers will no longer exist and all mankind will live in brotherhood and concord. Until then, the nations must narrow their aspirations to achieve a tolerable modus vivendi.
-- Leon Pinsker
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Is Israel going to continue to be 'Fortress Israel'? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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When Israel was from bondage led,Led by the Almighty's handFrom out of foreign land,The great sea beheld and fled.
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I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza.
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Since Israel does not differentiate between attacking this group or that, we are saying our people can work individually or collectively to face this aggression.
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Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.
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My painting occurs when I think of two disparate elements.
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The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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