The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.

We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

This crime against humanity must never be forgotten.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

For the people of Israel and America are historic partners in the global quest for human dignity and freedom. We will always remain at each other's side.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again