Quote by Jonathan Sacks
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us n

If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow. – Jonathan Sacks

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Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life – on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state – must be cast in the language of human rights. – Jonathan Sacks

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Science
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We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. No one does interfaith better than the Royal family, and it starts with the Queen herself. – Jonathan Sacks

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Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live? – Jonathan Sacks

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Love is the whole history of a womans life, it is but an episode in a mans. – Madame de Stael

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History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns

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Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously. – Marie de France

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