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The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed

The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation. – 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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If we are to negotiate the coming years safely, we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more precisely, we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher. – Jonathan Sacks

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Leadership
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Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. – Jonathan Sacks

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Science
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Freedom
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I dont think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws – against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth. – Bill Keller

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Freedom

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. – Hannah Arendt

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Freedom

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival. – Noam Chomsky

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Freedom

Liberty is maintained by responsible freedom. – Roger W Hancock, www.PoetPatriot.com

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Freedom

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You dont have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. – Malcolm X

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Everythings changed. The technology is the big thing changing now, the way movies like Alice or Avatar are made. And technology on the other side, the audience side. Word spreads so fast now on a movie, with the Internet, and piracy is something coming down the line like in the music industry. – Richard D. Zanuck

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Technology

Little things console us because little things afflict us. – Blaise Pascal

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Miscellaneous

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. – Marianne Williamson

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Forgiveness