The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film, forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
I can take it. The tougher it gets the cooler I get.
Always remember that others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation, if the forces of history are running in another direction.
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