A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.
Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals.
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Israel is not an aviary.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.