“The history of the Jewish people has taught us that justice itself is not effective unless backed by force. We know only too well that unarmed justice is as easily torn to pieces as a paper toy. And yet, because of our painful historical memories, in which the nations of the world are involved and because the scars of the Holocaust have not yet healed, we must take special care never to succumb to the temptation of chauvinism and never to believe that justice is identical with force.”
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