Television Has Made Dictatorship Impossible But Democracy

I Have A Brother Younger Than Me. My Mother Was A Librarian, So From Her, I Got The Taste To Read.

I Worked With A Group Of People Who Argued Day And Night - Professors, Officials, The Minister Of Finance - But There Were Decisions That I Had To Make.

For Many Years The Stakes Were Clear. There Were The Arabs Attacking Us And Us Defending Ourselves, So Basically There Were No Real Problems [between The United States And Israel]. Now There Are Many Small Cells, And Each Of Them Can Destroy On Their Own. Some Can Arrive At New York And Kill Thousands Of People.

Leading The Jewish People Is Not Easy -- We Are A Divided, Obstinate, Highly Individualistic People Who Have Cultivated Faith, Sharp Wittedness And Polemics To A Very High Level.

Our Problem Is Not To Submit To The Differences But To Overcome Them.