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Amos Elon
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Amos Elon (Hebrew: עמוס אילון; 4 July 1926 – 25 May 2009) was an Israeli journalist and author.
Quotes
Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes it difficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.
"Letter from Jerusalem", The New Yorker (23 April 1990), p. 100 col. 3. Reprinted in A Blood-Dimmed Tide: Dispatches from the Middle East (New York: Columbia UP, 1997), p. 173
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