Phil Ochs (1940–1976) American protest singer and songwriter
Source: The Broadside Tapes 1 (made in the 1960s; published c. 1980), Liner notes
“Im ein ani li, mi li? U'kh'she'ani le'atzmi, mah ani? V'im lo 'akhshav, eimatai?”
<span lang="he" dir="rtl">אם אין אני לי, מי לי? וכשאני לעצמי, מה אני? ואם לא עכשיו, אימתי?</span>
If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am "I"? And if not now, when?
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