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I found this to be a very balanced and factual presentation of the Nation of Israel. I discovered information that I have not seen in the media or other writings that helped me to better understand the conflict in the Middle East. I especially gained a clearer picture of the BDS movement and how it actually harms the cause of the Palestinians. An easy to understand read.
“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
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“[C]apitalism is clearly inadequate as any kind of social ideal, since it is only motivated by profit, without any ethical principle guiding it. Unbridled capitalism can involve terrible exploitation of the weak. Thus we need to adopt an approach to economic justice which respects the dynamism of capitalism while combining it with a concern for the less fortunate. Once again, I think microfinance offers a sustainable and responsive line of approach to issues of poverty alleviation and development, an approach which could avoid the excesses of capitalism on the one hand and the inefficiency of excessive state control on the other.”
― Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
― Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
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“The diversity that distinguishes us must never supersede the sameness that connects us.”
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