The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

Now, as never before, hundreds of millions of men and women-who had formerly believed that stoic resignation in the face of hunger and disease and darkness was the best one could could do-have come alive with a new sense that the means are at hand with which to make for themselves a better life.

Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.