Yair Lapid Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Yair Lapid:

Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation.

How can Israel say that everyone is equal before the law - that you're equal before the law - when the law defines Judaism as the cultural, national and legislative basis for the state?

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The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at the end of the day, it shall make the right choices and take the right decisions.

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The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers.

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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.

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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.

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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.

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One of the hardest things is to create hope.

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When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.

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Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.

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The Internet, Facebook, synagogue pamphlets, and the plethora of TV channels and cellular networks in our lives increasingly blur the boundary between the public and private sphere.

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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

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I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.'

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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

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The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem.

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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.

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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.

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I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it.

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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.

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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.

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Politics - when it's not cynical, it can be a creation.

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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.

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Intellectuals are people who manage the world in their head. They look at life and try to see some kind of truth, and if they cannot find it, they attempt to create it.

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Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era, one is not expected to argue that one group within humanity has an advantage over all the others.

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Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'

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Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York.

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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.

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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.

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The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.

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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.

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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.

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