“But the Jews’ fault and their misfortune is that they do not open their eyes to the cause of these age-old and unprecedented persecutions. Throughout history, we have seen many peoples fall prey to other peoples. […] The persecutions of the Jews have had this twofold characteristic: perpetuity and universality. It is a unique phenomenon — one that cannot be explained humanly; it is too vast to be traced back to a limited cause. If you attribute it to intolerance, you would have to go back to the cause of this intolerance, and not blame Catholicism alone; for the same persecutions have been incessant among pagans, among Protestants, among Greeks, among Muslims, at all times, in all places, under all forms of government.”>