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To: hecht
The famous retort of Judah Benjamin to Ben Wade on the floor of the Senate

It is true that I am a Jew, and when my ancestors were receiving their Ten Commandments from the immediate Deity, amidst the thundering and lightnings of Mt. Sinai, the ancestors of my opponent were herding swine in the forests of Great Britain.

Of course he was defending slavery at the time. Perhaps Disraeli's comment about the same time is more apt.

Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.

I love quotes

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Albert Einstein

8 posted on 04/28/2010 4:03:03 PM PDT by SJackson (Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided, Barack Hussein Obama)
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9 posted on 04/28/2010 4:08:10 PM PDT by hecht (NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM)
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