We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington.

We must formulate, with both imagination and restraint, a new approach to the Middle East - not pressing our case so hard that the Arabs feel their neutrality and nationalism are threatened ... while at the same time trying to hasten the inevitable Arab acceptance of the permanence of Israel ... We must ... seek a permanent settlement among Arabs and Israelis based not on an armed truce but on mutual self-interest.

Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at least our friends.'* I must say that I do not think that we probably demonstrated in that forty years that we are angels yet, but I hope we have demonstrated that we are at least friends.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.