All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.

Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.