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To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization

To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. – Jonathan Sacks

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Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, What happened? but rather, How then shall I live? And its only with the exodus that the life of the commands really begins. – Jonathan Sacks

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History
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Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives. – Jonathan Sacks

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Change
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Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology. – Jonathan Sacks

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Age
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The education of the twentieth century will develop the heart as well as the intellect. – G. Stanley Hall (1846–1924)

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Education

I dont feel Im qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach. – Carl Lewis

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Education

Im committed to universal health coverage and education. – Carol Moseley Braun

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Education

We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and Im lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see whats out there and see whats happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way. – Jennifer Garner

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Education

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If you suck on a tit the movie gets an R rating. If you hack the tit off with an axe it will be PG. – Jack Nicholson

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The Navys paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland. – Laurel Clark

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The important thing is that we recognize our Presidents leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing. – Kay Bailey Hutchison

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No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. – Charles Francis Adams

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Persistence