Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous."
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Thomas Merton
Writer, Monk
"There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today."
Golda Meir
Politician
"Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided - not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries."
Barack Obama
Politician
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
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"Its a matter of principle. If Jews born in Brooklyn have a right to a state in Palestine then Palestinians born in Jerusalem have a right to a state in Palestine."
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"Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors."
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"When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels."
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"I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city."
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"I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express."
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"At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion."
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"The Book of Revelation is a description of one path to the New Jerusalem, but this scenario is not inevitable."
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"If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God`s chosen people."
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