Quote by Theodore Bikel
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact b

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. – 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. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. – Theodore Bikel

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power
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel. – Theodore Bikel

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Death
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I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. – Theodore Bikel

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Equality
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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. – Thomas Jefferson

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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. – H. L. Mencken

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Government

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos. – Donald Rumsfeld

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This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. – Dee Dee Myers

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Government

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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. – Laura Schlessinger

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Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society. – Arthur C. Clarke

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There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry. – Emily Dickinson

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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society. – Walter Gropius

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