Andrew Kern Quotes

Chinese culture had boys memorize the Dao for centuries. Many cultures commit their sacred, foundational texts to memory.... When you read a hundred words a hundred times they get woven into your soul.... Understanding is not as important. When we struggle with a text, it changes us. Why put things in memory? ... We memorize to contemplate, not to show off.

The state’s courts have ruled there is no such obligation for government officials. In Warren v. District of Columbia, the court cited: “a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen”.