Affliction Quote by Jonathan Sacks

“If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.” quote by Jonathan Sacks — Download Open image

“If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.”

Jonathan Sacks

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