Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
Permalink to quote #21 We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Permalink to quote #23 What do you gain, Soviet Union, from this miserable policy? Where is your decency? Would it be a disgrace for you to give up this battle?
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