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" No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews. "

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

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" For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart. "

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" In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial. "

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" During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders. "

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" I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. "

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" A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian state. As I have argued before, private sector investment - especially in the West Bank - is going to prove crucial in creating the right political and social context for peace. "

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" My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other. "

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" In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew. "

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" Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation. "

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" If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same. "

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" A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital. "

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" I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization. "

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" The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity with the larger, liberal values of the United States. There is no need anymore to choose between assimilation and separation. We are accepted as equals. "

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