Quotes about "Politics & Government"

The Vatican's recognition of the State of Israel in 1997 could not have occurred without John Paul's leadership. ”

Jews have not only become equal citizens in Western democracies, they have become leading citizens. And, of course, the reestablishment of the State of Israel has given Jews a political presence in the world they have not had since biblical times. ”

The shortcoming of purely political discourse between Christians and Jews arises from the fact that it is largely built upon the perception of a common enemy. ”

Many of us, both Jews and Christians, want the public square to be pluralistic, which is neither partisan nor naked. ”

At the political level, most Jews and most Catholics have accepted the liberal idea of religious freedom. ”

All modern secularity requires is that our public norms and the arguments for them not presuppose common acceptance of Jewish or Christian revelation, even if these public norms are consistent with a particular community's revelation and the authoritative teachings it derives from that revelation. ”

When modern political Zionism emerged around the turn of the twentieth century, most Orthodox Jews opposed it. ”

I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers. ”

I'm not a great deep political thinker. ”

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. ”