Semitism Quotes

Yet, nearly 6 decades after the Holocaust concluded, Anti-Semitism still exists as the scourge of the world. - Eliot Engel

Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler's passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed. - Robert Runcie

Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism. - Jack Schwartz

With the difficult struggle we are engaged in today, with the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping across Europe, we, who remember (the victims) every day, are obligated, as Jews and as human beings, to defend our home, the only home in the world where the Jews have the right and the strength to defend themselves by themselves. - Ariel Sharon

While any decline is encouraging, we remain concerned because too many people continue to act out their anti-Jewish hatred. We have always said that America is different, that the Jewish communities here are fortunate to be largely immune from the kind of anti-Semitic violence experienced by some European Jewish communities. The numbers remain sobering because we know from painful experience that it only takes one incident of anti-Semitism to affect an entire community. - Abraham H. Foxman

Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk. - Paul Sarbanes

When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism. - Jean-Marie Le Pen

What about freedom of expression when anti-Semitism is involved? Then it is not freedom of expression. Then it is a crime. - Amr Moussa

We worked closely with Cardinal Ratzinger on many issues, including the Holy See's relationship with Israel and the church's condemnation of anti-Semitism. Cardinal Ratzinger provided the theological underpinning for many of the major advances in Jewish-Catholic relations in the past quarter century. - Israel Singer