"Years of observation and thought have given increasing……" — Maurice Samuel
"Years of observation and thought have given increasing strength to the belief that we Jews stand apart from you gentiles, that a primal duality breaks the humanity I know into two distinct parts; that this duality is a fundamental, and that all differences among you gentiles are trivialities compared with that which divided all of you from us."
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Maurice Samuel
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13 Quotes by Maurice Samuel
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There are two life-forces in the world I know: Jewish and gentile, ours and yours...I do not believe that this…
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We Jews, we are the destroyers and will remain the destroyers. Nothing you can do will meet our demands and…
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You may even have Jews in your midst who did not learn their way of life from us, and did…
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You have your way of life, we ours. In your system of life we are essentially without 'honor.' In our…
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Our Jewishness is not a creed, it is ourself, our totality. Indeed, it may be fairly said that the surest…
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In the heart of any pious Jew, God is a Jew. Is your God an Englishman or an American?
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When Germany and England and America will long have lost their present identity or purpose, we shall still be strong…
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We belong to the One mastering God: you belong to the republic of playful gods.
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Wherever the Jew is found he is a problem, a source of unhappiness to himself and to those around him.…
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We Jews are accused of being destroyers: whatever you put up, we tear down. It is true only in a…
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A century of partial tolerance gave us Jews access to your world. In that period the great attempt was made,…
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Jew and Gentile are two worlds, between you Gentiles and us Jews there lies an unbridgeable gulf...There are two life…
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