All the tolerance of persecution that has seeped into the Jewish character - the adaptability, the patience, the resignation, the silence, the self-denial - must be squeezed out, until the only response there is to any restriction of liberties is "No, I refuse."
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As to these traitors, their days are gone and they have been dwarfed in front of the people. The people have become armed with patience and faith. I insist on the co-operation and tolerance among people. As to the execution or non-execution of the traitors, this is a matter which is left for us to decide.
Abd al-Karim Qasim
We're taught in the Jewish tradition the same story over and over, whether it's the Holocaust or the Maccabees, we have to rise above persecution and do our best, just as the magic is about making people dream, we learned to take things that aren't supposed to be and turn them into something beautiful.
David Copperfield (illusionist)