"No doubt, unity is something to be desired,……" — Theodore Bikel
"No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations."
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Theodore Bikel
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57 Quotes by Theodore Bikel
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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.…
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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by…
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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have…
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I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that…
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Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and…
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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
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You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.
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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read,…
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More Declarations Quotes
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one of 47 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by…
— Theodore Bikel
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We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic…
— Adolf Hitler
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Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good…
— Abraham Lincoln
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People like to come up to me and tell me that I’ve got nice ink. Except these tattoos aren’t just…
— CM Punk
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The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge,…
— Gamal Abdel Nasser
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We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills…
— Woodrow Wilson
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To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to…
— Henri Nouwen
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People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they…
— Vladimir Lenin
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Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound –…
— Nick Cave
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Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition…
— William Henry Ashley
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the…
— Daniel Barenboim
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