Quotes from Yael Tamir

Considering that less than 4 percent of the world's population are immigrants (living in a country they were not born in), the assumption that one's life chances are independent of one's country of origin is deceptive

No wonder religious fundamentalism and extreme right-wing nationalism simultaneously reappear.

Those less affluent, less educated, and less skillful fear being thrown into the global competition as their chance of winning are minute and the price of failure unbearable. They tend to prefer "a bird in hand than two in the bush.

The social protests now erupting around the world are less about gaining power and more about taking power away from those who seem to have betrayed their duty.

Taking care of each other is the norm—taking care of others is the exception.

The nation and the state depend on each other.