Els Borst Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Els Borst:

There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the statements of the radical wing of Islam.
~Els Borst


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/els-borst-quotes/#17d4e1a3

I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many Jews lived at the time. Our downstairs neighbors were Jews, and there were also Jews a few houses from us. We saw how they were rounded up and taken away. That made a very great impression on me.
~Els Borst


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/els-borst-quotes/#6f2b9570

My feeling is that if all Catholics or Reformed Christians had been deported to Germany, the Dutch government in London would have instructed the population in the occupied Netherlands to help them.
~Els Borst


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/els-borst-quotes/#d5f2fac1

If I had been prime minister, I would have offered apologies to the Dutch Jewish community without hesitation. This would refer both to our government's attitude during the Second World War and to the very late postwar discovery that the restitution process had been poorly conceived.
~Els Borst


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/els-borst-quotes/#ba117d0b

If everything is God's will, then so is the invention of the vaccine, just like the seatbelt.
~Els Borst


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/els-borst-quotes/#d0933f32

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