Theodore Bikel Quotes

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace.

I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community.

Our nation must come together to unite.

Earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not sustain community, let alone create it.

A people cannot exist if there is no social solidarity.

There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other.

We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist.

It's time for us to come together, time for us to come together around this good man [Donald Trump].

What I want people to recognize is that we have to keep working together and take charge because we all have the same story.

When American citizens pull together, there is little we can't accomplish.

I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.

We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community.

I mention the need of cooperation and confidence among the men who work, no matter what may be their relative ranks, because it is the vital factor underlying everything. Only as we are willing to work today, work as we never have worked before, will civilization survive.

I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.

All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.

We are a unified party.

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

I like the idea of everybody knowing each other; you know why you're doing things.

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