86 Quotes by Norman Finkelstein

I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.

Israel's pro-American orientation exists not just among Israeli elites but also among the whole population. Come what may in Israel, it's inconceivable that this fundamental orientation will change. Combined with its overwhelming military power, this makes Israel a unique and irreplaceable American asset in the Middle East.

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

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'm an old fan of the Negro spirituals.

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

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

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

Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach.