Quotes from Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Like Old Cato I say time and again: The occupation has to stop, the sooner the better.

Occupation qua occupation is morally repugnant.

Peace is a precious commodity. Like any other precious commodity it is expensive. Those who wish peace should be willing to pay and sacrifice for it.

A scholar who thinks s/he knows everything is a false scholar.

Life offers very few short cuts. The rest is hard work.

Curiosity is an engine of success.

People tend to conceive things as true when they wish them to be true.

The main thing that violence successfully does is to breed more violence.

Violence is often the refuge of incompetent leaders seeking wrong shortcuts.

Some leaders find it easier to make war than to make peace.

The old saying "All is fair in love and war" might be true for love but it is patently untrue for war.

Coming to Washington may be likened to coming to Rome during the Roman Empire.