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The Jews, therefore, stand right at the center of the perennial attempt to give human life the dignity of a purpose.”7
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
Jewish history is a living testimony to the power of ideas,
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
In Judaism, faith is not acceptance but protest, against the world that is, in the name of the world that is not yet but ought to be.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
A society must ensure equal dignity – the Hebrew phrase is kavod habriyot, ‘human honour’ – to each of its members.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
strengthen him in such a manner that his falling into want is prevented.
Jonathan Sacks • To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility
free society—that precarious balance between the conflicting principles of liberty and order—exists not through the rule of law alone, but through a system of education that allows every individual to internalize the law and thus become its master, not its slave.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
People need encouragement if they are to lead.
Jonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
A free society depends on trust. Trust depends on keeping your word.