Theodore Bikel Quotes

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

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

Well it seems to me, that all real communities grow out of a shared confrontation with survival. Communities are not produced by sentiment or mere goodwill. They grow out of a shared struggle. Our situation in the desert is an incubator for community.

We are a unified party.

Our nation must come together to unite.

Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.

Cooperation is more important than reunification. If reunification is achieved without cooperation, it will be meaningless.

It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.

We're so bitterly divided these days, the appearance of a true 'other' might be the best chance of bringing us all together.

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

In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.

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.

There is no winner or loser - just one family, the U.M.P. The time for internal squabbles is behind us.

For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

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

The... provisional government unwaveringly believes that it can solve all the present problems together with the broad masses of Ethiopia. However, we can do this only if all the people come out in unison to implement our planned undertakings.

France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

We are a people who can bring about miracles if united.

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.

There is more power in unity than division.

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

Society is held together by trust.

Every man cannot have his way in all things…Without this mutual disposition, we are disjointed individuals, but not a society

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.