Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.

How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?.. the America I've known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I've known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.

It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.

Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.

Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

But the individual was not a tool for something. He was the maker of tools. He was the one who must build. Even for the best purpose it is criminal to turn an individual into simply a means for some ultimate end. A society in which the dignity of the individual is destroyed cannot hope to be a decent society.