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“The Jew is the emblem of eternity. he whom neither slaughter nor torture could destroy,
he whom neither fire nor sword nor inquisition was able to wipe off from the face of the earth,
he who was the first to produce the oracles of God, he who has been for so long the guardian of the prophecy,
and who transmitted it to the rest of mankind – such a nation cannot disappear.”
– Lev Tolstoy
“I cannot judge the Jewish people by the accepted rules of history; the Jewish people is something beyond time”
Jean-Paul Sartre
“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are,
beyond any question, the most formidable and most remarkable race which has appeared in the world”
– Winston Churchill
“Modernization is about everyone becoming urban, mobile, literate, articulate, intellectually intricate and occupationally flexible. It is about learning how to cultivate people and symbols, not fields or herds. It is about pursuing wealth for the sake of learning, learning for the sake of wealth, and both wealth and learning for their own sake. It is about transforming peasants and princes into merchants and priests, replacing inherited privilege with acquired prestige, and dismantling social estates for the benefit of individuals. In other words, it is about everyone becoming Jewish.”
– Yuri Slezkine
