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Look, I Don't Know Whether God Exists. I Don't Know That. And I Tell You One Thing, I Am Not Frightened Of My Beliefs. If There Is A God Who Is Threatening Me With Damnation Because I Don't Believe In Him, So Be It. I've Lived My Life In Conscience, And I Will Suffer Damnation Willingly In Conscience Against A Tyrannical God Who Would Damn Me Because, On The Basis Of The Intelligence He Gave Me, I Have Come To A Conclusion Doubting His Existence, And I Will Continue To Be A Skeptic All Of My Life.

Let No One Ever Shy Away From The Claim That Jews Have Power, That Jews Have Influence. We Have Learned The Terrible Lesson Of History; That Unless We Have Influence And Power, Disproportionate To Our Small Numbers - Immoral Results Will Occur. We Need Power. And We Must Continue To Use Our Power. Power Which We Earned, Power Which No One Gave Us On A Silver Platter, Power Which We Worked Hard For - Use That Power In The Interests Of Justice.

You Can't Think About Terrorism Without Thinking About Palestinian Terrorism. Palestinians Began International Terrorism. It Started With Them In 1968. They Used It As The First Resort, Not The Last Resort. They Invented It, They Perfected It, They Benefited From It And They Taught The World How To Use It And That It Would Be Successful.

That's When Civil Liberty Suffers - When We Think Special Times Justify The Diminution Of Civil Liberties. And I'm Not Going To Accept That.

I Feel Like My 50 Years At Harvard Were An Interlude. I'm Really A New Yorker.