Political Quotes

“it was a terrible joke to begin with. Izzi and Abie were rounded up and captured by the Nazi troops. They were marched to the end of the town and told to dig their own grave, which they did. And the Nazi storm trooper stood in front of them with his machinegun and he said, ``Do you have any last wish?'' And Izzi looks at Abie and he says, ``Abie, I think I will ask for a blindfold.'' And Abie looks quietly back at Izzi and he says, ``Izzi, don't make waves.'' From that terrible story, Mr. Chairman, came the expression ``Never again.'' Never again would a people allow themselves to be placed at the edge of annihilation, without fighting back, without defending themselves. Never again said the almost wiped out people. Never again said their neighbors. Never again said the rest of the world. Never again will we sit idly by and allow a whole race to face extinction. Never, said a regretful world. We did not know, said their neighbors. We did not know it was happening, said everybody. They must have taken them away in the middle of the night. How did we know? Never again. Well, Mr. Chairman, never again is happening yet again. Does it make it any better if you substitute Ahmed and Mohammed for Izzi and Abie? I think not. Does it make it better if you substitute someone else's people for my people? I think not. Does it make it better if you talk about the numbers being only hundreds of thousands instead of millions? It certainly does not. How do we sit idly by?…”