Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Revolutions are not made; they come.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.

Here we are in the midst of a revolution in Israeli politics. Our great national leader is crippled?and there is no crisis. Power is passed quietly. Our enemies don't stir. Our stock market barely moves. It says a lot for the strength of our democracy.

He is fiddling while Rome is burning, and, unlike the enormous majority of people who do this, fiddling with his face toward the flames.