Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Quotes

• Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesnt have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Vitality, Making Money, Deprivation

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• John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Running, Ignorance, Choices

  "Israel’s Best Interest is a Morally Strong America" by Edgar Bronfman, Sr., www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2008.

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• Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Believe, Home, Goal

  "The Impact of Israel’s Internal Politics" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2010.

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• The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Hate, Home, Evil

  "Middle East Peace Begins in the Classroom" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Skins, Jew, Mines

  "Edgar Bronfman — Our Moses of the 20th Century" by Rabbi Jason Miller, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2013.

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• Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent.

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  Support, West, Economic

  "The Arab Role in Making Peace" by Edgar Bronfman, Sr., www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.

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• I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Civilization, Sabbath

  "Passover with the Bronfmans" by John Ortved, www.newyorker.com. March 25, 2013.

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• Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israels security as absolute.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Believe, Israel, Views

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• In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Term, Jew

  "Edgar Bronfman, philanthropist and Jewish communal leader, dies at 84". www.jta.org. December 21, 2013.

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• In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Business Leadership, Crucial

  "Peacemaking Demands Peacemakers" by Edgar Bronfman, Sr., www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field.

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  Opportunity, Agribusiness, Fields

  "The Regional Economics of Peace" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

  Two, Goal, Nukes

  "The Arab Role in Making Peace" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2010.

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