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Norman Finkelstein quotes: Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult.

Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel.

I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.

No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.

War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.

I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

The Holocaust only emerged in American life after Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day war against its Arab neighbours.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.

I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians

They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Given the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.

Given the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond.

I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.

Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Israel has come out of the boils of the hell, a satanic state.

Israel has come out of the boils of the hell, a satanic state.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard.

Israel has been a stage on which American Jews have played out their fantasies of toughness - often from Martha's Vineyard.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I'm an old fan of the Negro spirituals.

I'm an old fan of the Negro spirituals.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: The Holocaust industry has always been bankrupt. What remains is to openly declare it so. The time is long past to put it out of business.

The Holocaust industry has always been bankrupt. What remains is to openly declare it so. The time is long past to put it out of business.

Norman Finkelstein quotes: I don't think it's a good thing to have Christian states, Muslim states, or any kind of ethnic states.

I don't think it's a good thing to have Christian states, Muslim states, or any kind of ethnic states.