I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

Quote by Theodore Bikel

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On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When...

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When...

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of...

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of...

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France,...

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France,...

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate...

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate...

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said...

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a...

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a...

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page...

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page...

When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the...

When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the...

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...