Political Quotes

“I thank our leader. Again, I have had many conversations about things political, which will not surprise anybody who is hearing me speak. But perhaps people will be surprised that Senator Reid and I have probably had as many conversations about matters spiritual and personal. Those conversations tie us together forever. It is my honor to welcome to the Senate Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, and to thank our extraordinary Chaplain Barry Black for joining me in hosting the chief rabbi. The truth is that I knew Chief Rabbi Sacks from his writings before I knew him personally. He has written 24 books, the most recent of which was published earlier this year, called ``The Great Partnership, God, Science and the Search for Meaning.'' His writing is extremely insightful. It is broadly accessible. Perhaps paraphrasing the old commercial--and the occupant of the chair, being from New York, will remember this about Levy's Jewish Rye: ``You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's Jewish Rye.'' Well, you don't have to be Jewish to benefit from Rabbi Sack's writing. He is the sixth incumbent of the Chief Rabbi position in the United Kingdom, having served in that position since 1991. The role was formalized in 1845. He was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2005, and then on the 27th of October, 2009, was made a life peer, taking his seat in the House of Lords, where he sits on the cross benches as Baron Sacks of Aldgate in the City of London.…”