Century Quote by Jonathan Sacks

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

— Jonathan Sacks

“In both Muslim and Christian lands during the 1300s and 1400s, Jews were considered outsiders no matter how long they and their families had…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“Why, then, were Jews allowed to live among Christians? The answer dates back to the teachings of St. Augustine (see Chapter 2). He maintained…

— Phyllis Goldstein

The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.

— Charles de Gaulle

“Jews know hard days like the rest of us. Yes, Jews suffered — it’s part of being human... Jews did not suffer more than…

— Israel Shamir

The Jews are the most miserable people on earth. They are plagued everywhere, and scattered about all countries, having no certain resting place. They…

— Martin Luther

If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will…

— Anne Frank

For over 1,700 years, the Jews have been bewailing their sad fate in that they have been exiled from their homeland, as they call…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Since the rise of Islam, Jews had lived as a tolerated minority, or dhimmi, a status granted to Jews and Christians because they were…

— Matti Friedman

He was part of a whole, a people scattered over the earth and yet eternally one and indivisible. Wherever a Jew lived, in whatever…

— Pearl S. Buck

I understood when I was quite small that there were two special things about the Jews. That we'd endured for over 3,000 years despite…

— Simon Schama

“Through the ages, many different groups have called themselves victims. Some came through wars and massacres. Some were slaves or minorities. But the Jews,…

— Celso Cukierkorn