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" The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities. "
Louis D. Brandeis
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" During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism. "
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" Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. "
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" If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. "
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" We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. "
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" What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice. "
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" I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live. "
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Day
" There are no shortcuts in evolution. "
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Evolution
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" Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization. "
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Happiness
" America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. "
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America
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" Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. "
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" Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. "
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" Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. "
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" When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they have abjured the faith like Spinoza, Marx, Disraeli or Heine. Despite the meditations of pundits or the decrees of council, our own instincts and acts, and those of others, have defined for us the term 'Jew.' "
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" In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. "
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" The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles. "
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" A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also a loyal citizen of his state and of his city; for being loyal to his family and to his profession or trade; for being loyal to his college or his lodge. "
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" What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech. "
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" However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment. "
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Great
Harmony
" Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders. "
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Long
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" It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the Jewish name, of the Jewish heritage. To be worthy of them, we must live up to and with them. We must regard ourselves their custodians. "
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