Personal wisdom can work for states, too

17 Jan 2024, Samaria:  In other words, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” i.e., the whole group of geese.

Hillel the Elder, a Jewish sage, lived in Israel during the same time period as Y’shua, and his wisdom is sometimes quoted by Christians, not just Jews.

Jerusalem Post, 17 Jan 2024, pg 9.
Jerusalem Post, 17 Jan 2024, pg 9.

 

The phrases under discussion are the following:

If I am not for myself, who shall be for me?

But if I am only for myself, what am I?

If not now, when?

– Hillel the Elder, 1st Century

Writer Eliot Penn continues and expands: “The US and Europe are too happy to drink a cocktail of naivete, delusion, and denial… As the West twiddles its thumbs, Iran continues to sponsor global terrorism…”

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Source: Jerusalem Post, 17 Jan 2024, pg 9.