"The court of last resort is no longer the Supreme Court. It’s “Nightline.” " ~~ Alan M. Dershowitz
"Alms for the needy cannot be deemed a dole." ~~ Theodor Herzl
"A man is always responsible, whether his act is intentional or inadvertent, whether he is awake or asleep." ~~ Bava Qamma 2:6
"The force of a compromise is greater than of a judgment." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"If two did not like to, one would not quarrel. [It takes two to make a quarrel.]" ~~ Beth Haotzar
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man: that is the whole Law; all the rest is interpretation." ~~ Hillel
"Not in every hour is a man privileged to pay his debt." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Avoda Zara
"Who lends money to the needy free of interest is better than the giver of alms." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 3:1
"You do not take examples from a situation of emergency." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sukkah
"The purely righteous do not complain about evil, rather they add justice. They do not complain about heresy, rather they add faith. They do not complain about ignorance, rather they add wisdom. " ~~ Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook
"Admission by the defendant is worth a hundred witnesses." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
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