"I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation."
-Theodore Bikel
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"As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.“
-Theodore Bikel
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"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."
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"I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."
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"You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them."
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"Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?"
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"No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language."
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
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