Shared Leadership Quotes
Although Jabotinsky believed that the Arabs would have to be defeated militarily—see {604497}—he and the other Zionist leaders assumed that the eventual state would have Arab citizens. From this beginning, the principle of equal rights and participation in the politics and public affairs of the Jewish state was in the design. See {587034} as to how this manifested itself. The rights possessed by the Arab minority of Israel exceeds not only those of Jews in any Arab nation, and exceeds those of any minority in an Arab state. And because Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, the Arabs of Israel possess more political rights than do Arabs anywhere else in the Middle East. The number of Arab political parties in Israel is larger than that of most Arab nations where opposition parties are rarely permitted.
Cyprian was the leader of the Christian Church in Africa. His non-authoritarian style was a radical departure from then civil and religious organizational style. Jews had moved back and forth between Congregational and authoritarian religious organization before, Cyprian’s democratic approach was short lived as the Catholic Church structure evolved emulating, and contesting with, civil authoritarianism. Cyprian’s approach presaged the Christian Congregational development that became the basis of most early American Christian churches.
This is an unusual statement for an Emperor to make, but Tiberius was a very unusual Emperor. Most modern politicians would admit this obvious truism in any complex society.
