Jonathan Sacks Quotes

What our children become, so becomes our nation. It is plain common sense to give our children the best education possible so that they can develop into productive responsible citizens contributing economically, socially and politically to our democratic society.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.

America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.

Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying it in a moral sense. I'm just saying it in the sense of what is it that's really going to bring change.

All the best reasons for going into politics never really change: the desire for glory and fame and the chance to do something that really matters, that will make life better for a lot of people.

I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

I want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

Kids may only be 25 percent of our population but they are 100 percent of our future.

It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

These are our children. We will all profit by and pay for whatever they become.

[Discussing his political contributions:] Now that circumstances have blessed me in terms of my own financial security and sphere of influence, this is my opportunity to influence the direction of the country.

Freedom of economic determination is inseparably linked up with civic rights and with the possibility of influencing and determining the social and political life of the commonwealth.

It's important for Oklahoma to have people in a position to make a difference. The only way we can do that is to have people in key places.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

Being a mum means you have a very real stake in the future of our country.

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

You're never really out of politics.

There is no future without education.

Politics becomes a part of your life once you realize it has been all along.