Men like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln [sic], the shapers of the Constitution, were the men who molded the new reality, unprecedented in human history, that is America. {Battling for Peace, p. 74]
In almost every foreign war, it [the U.S.] has conquered territories. But in none of them has it even attempted to retain either territories or resources, or to rule over another nation. [Battling for Peace, p. 74]
I have become totally tired of history, because I feel history is a long misunderstanding. [Wall Street Journal, September 30, 1994]
[In speech at Rabin's funeral, broadcast worldwide] From here, Yitzhak, a Jerusalem where you were born, where the three greatest religions in history were founded...[New York Times, November 7, 1995]
As a Jew, may I say that the essence of our history since the times of Abraham and the commandments of Moses, have been an uncompromising opposition to any form of occupation, of domination, of discrimination. [Address to UN General Assembly, September 28, 1993] ECONOMIST