From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.

We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.

Work and family are at the center of our lives, the foundation of our dignity as a free people.

We can meet our destiny, and that destiny to build a land here that will be, for all mankind, a shining city on a hill.

The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.

We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent.

Of the many messages found in the Hanukah story, the one that has always inspired me most is this: with a strong faith in the Almighty, nothing is impossible; and without the help of our Creator, we labor in vain.