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" For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. "

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" Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples. "

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" After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could. "

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