If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.

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Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. - Meir Kahane

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I see all this and know that if we are to save the Jewish state and its three-and-a-half million Jews from terrible horrors, we must rise up and demand a fundamental change in the very system of government. - Meir Kahane

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Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity. - Meir Kahane

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There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah. - Meir Kahane

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Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago. - Meir Kahane

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We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud. - Meir Kahane

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The bird breaks the shell. The shell is the world. Whoever wants to be born has to destroy a world.

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One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. - Meir Kahane

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The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty. - Meir Kahane

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