Quote by Jonathan Sacks
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine com

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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The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it. – Jonathan Sacks

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Freedom
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Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression. – Jonathan Sacks

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Freedom
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Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen. – Jonathan Sacks

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Family
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A womans whole life is a history of the affections. – Washington Irving

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History

If you think you have it tough, read history books. – Bill Maher

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History

From Caesars legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours. – David Cameron

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History

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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History

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No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. – Thomas Jefferson, letter, 1796

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As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right. – Catharine Esther Beecher

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Money is like hormones. Its just how you feel on any given day. – Janice Dickinson

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Be careful what you set your heart upon — for it will surely be yours. – James Baldwin

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Desires