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I. L. Peretz

" A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better. "

People , Men , Memories

" The Hebrew language... is the only glue which holds together our scattered bones. It also holds together the rings in the chain of time.... It binds us to those who built pyramids, to those who shed their blood on the ramparts of Jerusalem, and to those who, at the burning stakes, cried Shema Yisrael! "

Blood , Together

" In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"! "

Greed , Hate , Might

" [About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, our teacher is the Exile. "

People , Teacher , Different

" In this world it is very dangerous to be weak. "

World

" [About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to be true to ourselves, the vital questions are: conscience, freedom, culture, ethics. "

Army , Strong , Wish

" Yiddish, the language which will ever bear witness to the violence and murder inflicted on us, bear the marks of our expulsions from land to land, the language which absorbed the wails of the fathers, the laments of the generations, the poison and bitterness of history, the language whose precious jewels are the undried, uncongealed Jewish tears. "

Land , Father

" A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it. "

Letters , Depends

" The worst dog gets the best bone. "

Dog

" Time is change, transformation, evolution. "

Evolution

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