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" Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. "

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" For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share. "

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" Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe. "

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