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"Some of the most polished ideas are discovered through healthy, honest debate, so if you don't argue with yourself every once in a while, other people will gladly point out if, in any sense, you missed a spot."

"The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind."

"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

"When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do."

"Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments."

"Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources."

"It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle."

"What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities."

"The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though."
Explore more quotes by Yitzhak Rabin


"I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state."


"I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act."


"Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation."


"Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living."


"Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference."


"I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government."


"A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace."
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