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The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.


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In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.



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It's not enough to be up to date, you have to be up to tomorrow.



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It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.



If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.



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No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation for so long a time, as Jerusalem has done in the life of the Jewish people.



We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,



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Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.





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