True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.

The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.

Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible.

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.