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Jonathan Sacks

What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner

Jonathan Sacks

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Jonathan Sacks is saying that major political upheavals like revolutions, protests, or government changes do not always lead to true freedom. Instead, history frequently demonstrates that the positive expectations from these events are often disappointed relatively quickly.

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