The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in … - Isaac Bashevis Singer

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As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and in humanism. As such it still exists and refuses to give up in spite of all the brutality that surrounds it. I was brought up among those people.

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What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.

Animal, Leaders, Men, People, Provide, Relation

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Effort, Make, Miracle, Positivity, Store, Treasures

The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.

Book, Books, Country, Faith, Language, Years

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

Discovered, Everything, Inspirational, Kindness, Two

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

Men, Vegetarianism, Animal Rights, Nazis, Behavior, Thought