No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have built cities, developed industry and cultivated agriculture - we have transformed the State of Israel into an example and symbol for many other countries in the world.
Israel now has a reputation around the world of being not just a place to develop products and technology but to develop ideas.
Part of what makes America great is that we stand by the countries that share our values around the world. That's why throughout its history, the State of Israel has had no greater friend than the United States of America.
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush.
Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
I believe that Israel is much stronger than many of its leaders.
I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what.