The Price Of Doing The Same Old

With Almost No Time To Decide, They [your Loved Ones] Gave The Entire Country An Incalculable Gift. They Saved The Capitol From Attack. They Saved God Knows How Many Lives. They Saved The Terrorists From Claiming The Symbolic Victory Of Smashing The Center Of American Government. And They Did It As Citizens. They Allowed Us To Survive As A Country That Could Fight Terror And Still Maintain Liberty And Still Welcome People From All Over The World From Every Religion And Race And Culture As Long As They Shared Our Values, Because ­ordinary People Given No Time At All To Decide Did The Right Thing.

Israel's Democracy Is The Bedrock On Which Our Relationship Stands. It's A Shining Example For People Around The World Who Are On The Frontline Of The Struggle For Democracy In Their Own Lands. Our Relationship Is Also Based On Our Common Interest In A More Stable And Peaceful Middle East, A Middle East That Will Finally Accord Israel The Recognition And Acceptance That Its People Have Yearned For So Long And Have Been Too Long Denied, A Middle East That Will Know Greater Democracy For All Its Peoples.

I May Not Have Been The Greatest President, But I've Had The Most Fun Eight Years.

Ultimately, The Best Strategy To Ensure Our Security And To Build A Durable Peace Is To Support The Advance Of Democracy Elsewhere. Democracies Don't Attack Each Other.

Education No Longer Stops On Graduation Day. We Must Demand Excellence At Every Level Of Education.