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June 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
SUBJECT:
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
On Sunday, June 16, 1991, at the Century Plaza in Los
Angeles, you will address a dinner for the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. The audience will be made up of 1,500 people, many of
whom will be from the entertainment industry. Special guests
will be: Governor and Mrs. Wilson; the center's dean, Rabbi
(Moish) Hier; and event chairman Peter Gruber. That evening, the
center will present its National Leadership Award to Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
The event will begin with a color guard of Persian Gulf
veterans. That will be followed by the arrival of the Mauthausen
flag, which was made by concentration camp inmates and which will
this evening be accompanied by Holocaust survivors.
After Rabbi Hier presents you with the symbolic gift of the
Cup of Elijah, Jerry Weintraub will introduce you.
You will deliver the evening's keynote address (12 minutes,
teleprompter). Although making a brief reference to current
Middle East policy, the remarks focus on the theme of
remembrance. They relate the lessons of the Holocaust to the
call of "never forget never again.' They speak of how we
are acting -- or how we must act -- to honor the memories of
Holocaust victims by ensuring that this will be a world of
tolerance, responsibility and human dignity.
Document No. 244937SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING
MEMORANDUM
DATE: 6/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
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SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
,
SUNUNU
PETERSMEYER
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BRADY
SMITH
BROMLEY
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 JUN 12 PM 6: 39
June 12, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE BH
SUBJECT:
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
On Sunday, June 16, 1991, at the Century Plaza in Los
Angeles, you will address a dinner for the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. The audience will be made up of 1,500 people, many of
whom will be from the entertainment industry. Special guests.
will be: Governor and Mrs. Wilson; the center's dean, Rabbi
(Moish) Hier; and event chairman Peter Gruber. That evening, the
center will present its National Leadership Award to Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
The event will begin with a color guard of Persian Gulf
veterans. That will be followed by the arrival of the Mauthausen
flag, which was made by concentration camp inmates and which will
this evening be accompanied by Holocaust survivors.
After Rabbi Hier presents you with the symbolic gift of the
Cup of Elijah, Jerry Weintraub will introduce you.
You will deliver the evening's keynote address (12 minutes,
teleprompter). Although making a brief reference to current
Middle East policy, the remarks focus on the theme of
remembrance. They relate the lessons of the Holocaust to the
call of "never forget never again." They speak of how we-
are acting -- or how we must act to honor the memories of
Holocaust victims by ensuring that this will be a world of
tolerance, responsibility and human dignity.
(Hinchliffe/Blymire)
June 12, 1991 5 p.m.
SIMONW Draft Four
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude." I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine and with.
the promise of redemption. I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents." I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again."
He reminds us that we as a people must study closely the
lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to Auschwitz.
I've seen the images of human evil. The children's shoes. The
rubble of ovens. When I left, I left part of me. But I took
something away in its place -- the determination not just to
remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran -- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. The haunting
images compel us to guard against tyranny and inhumanity.
Remembering makes us strong. Remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
horror: the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit. Those
2
who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and revenge.
Instead, they lifted themselves, and all of humanity, toward a
greater goal. I believe that the ultimate lesson here is the
transcendent glory of survival. Hope triumphed over horror.
Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicates his life to the Holocaust and its:
victims because "anyone who does not remember betrays them
again.' The freedom we enjoy carries a profound responsibility.
The genocide of WWII is over, but the victims of other human
rights abuses call to us daily from across the globe. In the
memory of the millions who died -- we must not forget. We must
not close our hearts. We must not fail to act.
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. We
cannot tolerate silence." It was because of Saddam's
unimaginable evil against fellow human beings that we made our
stand in the Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world
had ignored the brewing madness 50 years ago.
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people: the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special emis-
sary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded him
the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned out to
be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in history.
Thanks in considerable part to our efforts, led by Rudy, the
Falashas had been delivered from harm's way within 30 hours ---
3
reunited with loved ones -- and given the opportunity to begin
new lives in Israel.
These events remind us that Israel was created as a secure
refuge for Jews who face or flee persecution. We've learned the
hard lesson that geography alone cannot guarantee security for
Israel. We've learned that military power alone cannot guarantee
security. Israel and her neighbors will enjoy true and lasting
security only when they achieve genuine reconciliation. That's
the goal behind the peace initiative I launched three months ago.
Secretary Baker has worked tirelessly to follow up, and
direct negotiations between Israel and her neighbors no longer
seem a distant dream. The process we have designed can promote
peace -- but only if the parties in the region muster the
political will to make peace happen. If they do, the issues that
divide them will fall away -- and the Middle East at last can
begin the journey toward peaceful coexistence.
We're here tonight in honor of a place that drives us to.
use the pain of our past as a spur to forge a finer future. The
Simon Wiesenthal Center is not just a museum, although its vivid
images will never let the past fade. It's also an activist
organization of more than one million members. One million
separate voices bound together in single purpose -- the call for
all lives to have meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
4
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones upon which this
country was founded -- ones we too often take for granted. II
wish every American could hear their story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
-- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and.
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
Holocaust must never be dehumanized or dismissed. We pledge it
will also never be forgotten.
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet. We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disquise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our media, in our minds, in our
hearts. We pledge to expose the corrosive hatred of bigotry
5
wherever it festers; and to rid our land of it for our children.
There is no room in our America -- and our world -- for
anti-semitism. The insidious ugliness of this cancer destroys
the human spirit. We pledge to root it out and conquer it
wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
We must be committed to the security of Jewish opportunity and
identity. We pledge to make this security a reality for all
peoples of the world.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for intolerance -- including
religious intolerance. We will continue to press the human
rights agenda until every oppression of minorities -- of any kind
-- has been erased. We pledge never to give up hope -- and never
to cease working for a world free from bigotry and prejudice.
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day." " That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important -- pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
#
#
(Hinchliffe/Blymire)
June 12, 1991 5 p.m.
SIMONW Draft Four
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude. " I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine -- and with
the promise of redemption. I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents.' " I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again."
He reminds us that we as a people must study closely the
lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to Auschwitz.
I've seen the images of human evil. The children's shoes. The
rubble of ovens. When I left, I left part of me. But I took
something away in its place -- the determination not just to
remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran -- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. The haunting
images compel us to guard against tyranny and inhumanity.
Remembering makes us strong. Remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
horror: the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit. Those
2
who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and revenge.
Instead, they lifted themselves, and all of humanity, toward a
greater goal. I believe that the ultimate lesson here is the
transcendent glory of survival. Hope triumphed over horror.
Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicates his life to the Holocaust and its
victims because "anyone who does not remember betrays them
again." The freedom we enjoy carries a profound responsibility.
The genocide of WWII is over, but the victims of other human
rights abuses call to us daily from across the globe. In the
memory of the millions who died -- we must not forget. We must
not close our hearts. We must not fail to act.
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. We
cannot tolerate silence." It was because of Saddam's
unimaginable evil against fellow human beings that we made our
stand in the Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world
had ignored the brewing madness 50 years ago.
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people: the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special emis-
sary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded him
the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned out to
be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in history.
Thanks in considerable part to our efforts, led by Rudy, the
Falashas had been delivered from harm's way within 30 hours --
3
reunited with loved ones -- and given the opportunity to begin
new lives in Israel.
NSCinsert
These events remind us that Israel was created as a secure
startshere
refuge for any member of the Jewish people facing or fleeing per-
secution. But we've learned the hard lesson that geography alone
cannot guarantee security for this beleaguered homeland. We
learned that military power alone cannot guarantee security. We
learned that only real reconciliation between Israel and her
neighbors can bring about true and lasting security -- and that's
the goal behind the peace initiative I launched three months ago.
Baker
Now, direct negotiations between Israel and her neighbors no
longer seem a distant dream. The process we designed can be the
path we take to make that dream a reality. But the first step
along that path must be made by the parties in the region. When
they agree to launch direct, face-to-face negotiations then we'll
be on the way (toward the best, brightest tomorrow we can imagine.)
We're here tonight in honor of a place that drives us to
a better
use the pain of our past in order to forge the finest future.
Negotiating
For the Simon Wiesenthal Center is not just a museum, although
process larg.
its vivid images will never let the past fade. It's also an
activist organization of more than one million members. One
million separate voices bound together in single purpose -- the
call for all lives to have meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
4
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones upon which this
country was founded -- ones we too often take for granted. I
wish every American could hear their story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home-
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
Holocaust must never be dehumanized or dismissed. We pledge it
will also never be forgotten.
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet. We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disguise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our media, in our minds, in our
hearts. We pledge to expose the corrosive hatred of bigotry
5
wherever it festers; and to rid our land of it for our children.
There is no room in our America -- and our world -- for
anti-semitism. The insidious ugliness of this cancer destroys
the human spirit. We pledge to root it out and conquer it
wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
We must be committed to the security of Jewish opportunity and
identity. We pledge to make this security a reality for all
peoples of the world.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for intolerance -- including
religious intolerance. We will continue to press the human
rights agenda until every oppression of minorities -- of any kind
-- has been erased. We pledge never to give up hope -- and never
to cease working for a world free from bigotry and prejudice.
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day." That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important -- pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
#
#
#
#
#
6
Thank you, Jerry. And thank you all for that warm welcome.
You know, I don't think there have been so many celebrities in
one place since the last Laker game at the Forum.
I'm honored to be here with you -- and especially proud to
be with the people who set the tone for this evening -- the
courageous Persian Gulf veterans and the Holocaust survivors.
And I'm proud to be here with Pete and Gayle Wilson -- good,
true friends of mine -- and of yours. (Jewish activites) It's
hard to think of any Governor who's been challenged so deeply by
problems from the drought to the deficit. Pete's response has
shown tremendous grace under pressure. This state's lucky to
have you, Pete.
And from the Simon Wiesenthal Center -- well, what can I say
about Rabbi Hier that this reticent, shy man's six press agents
haven't already said? When Johnny Carson announced his
retirement a couple of weeks ago, and word got around that the
King of Los Angeles was going to step down from his throne, I
hear that the city cried out with one voice -- "You don't mean
that Moish is going to leave?" Seriously, Rabbi -- your vision,
conscience, and commitment set a challenge for us all. And
thanks to Peter Gruber, the chairman of tonight's event.
Which brings us to our guest of honor -- the only man who
could bench-press a Patriot missile launcher. Arnold's a great
friend. I had to say that, because he's so tough he can drink
the water at the White House with no ill effect. But you know,
7
Arnold spent a day with us at Camp David -- and that was the day
Barbara broke her leg. Then, Arnold spent a day with me at the
White House promoting fitness -- and the next day was when I
ended up in the hospital. Arnold -- you'll never lunch in my
town again.
111 Or, come to think of it, you could be my
special emissary to Congress. Talk about "The Terminator."
But honestly, Arnold is a wonderful choice for your National
Leadership Award. He embodies the good, true values of this
world -- values like caring, and faith, and fairness. I'm
honored to be part of your evening. Congratulations.
7:55p.m.
Tony-
re:NSCrinsert re:
The attached comments from
the General just camein. I've
also attached the speech as it
has been sent to Brady's office.
The comments pertain to material
on page 3.
Phil Brady's office is holding
the speech until they hear from
you. Thanks!
Carol
P.S. Don't fret
they're not
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These dramatic events remind us that Israel S- fundamental
purpose is to provide a secure refuge to any Jew confronting
persecution.
will
We have learned in the modern age that geography alone
cannot guarantee security and security does not come from
military power alone. True and lasting security require$ real
reconciliation between Israel and her neighbors. The peace
initiative which I announced on March 6 is ultimately aimed at
that objective.
more than
Secretary Baker has worked tirelessly to follow up. Much
progress has been made. Direct negotiations between Israel and
her neighbors is now a very real proposition, not a distant
dream. That is what we have been working so hard to achieve.
The remaining issues are not insurmountable if there is political
will.
Just as we remember the past with all its pain and suffering
so too we must imagine a better, brighter future.
The
negotiating process which we have designed can be a path to that
future. We hope the parties in the region will take the critical
first step, and make it possible to launch direct, face to face
negotiations. other, definative steps Toward that fecture.
Middle - East insert w/ General
Scowcrofts edits.
Thank you Thank Wes you
(Hinchliffe/Blymire)
June 10, 1991 1 p.m.
SIMONW Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude." I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine -- and with
the promise of redemption. And I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents." I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again."
This clea
He reminds us that we can do nothing that matters until we
learn the lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to Ausch-
witz. I've seen the mounds of human hair. The children's shoes.
The rubble of ovens. The images of human evil. When I left Ausch-
witz, I left part of me there. But I took something away in its
place -- the determination not just to remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran -- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. [ We must never Too
forget. We must never deny The haunting images compel us to
which
guard against tyranny and inhumanity. Remembering makes us
strong. And remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
2
horror -- the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit.
Those who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and
revenge. What world would have blamed them? But, instead, they
lifted themselves -- and all of humanity -- toward a greater
goal. I believe that the ultimate lesson here is the
transcendent glory of survival. Hope triumphed over horror.
Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicated his life to Holocaust victims because
"anyone who does not remember betrays them again."
These must
?
become our days of remembrance This freedom we enjoy carries a
terrible responsibility. The genocide of WWII is over, but the
victims of other human rights abuseScall to us daily from across
the globe. In the memory of the 6 million, who died -- we must
Fruget and must not Jail to act
Delete
not close our eyes. We must not block our ears. We must not
hold our tongues
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. "We
despecable
cannot tolerate silence. " It was because of Saddam's
[unimaginable]
evil against fellow human beings that we made our stand in the
Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world had ignored
the brewing madness 50 years ago.
[Naver Never forget. Never again
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people -- the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special
emissary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded
him the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned
Thanks in causes deable
part to our efforts, 3 leddy Rudy,
out to be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in
history. [we worked closely with our friends in the Israeli
government and in less than 24 hours the Falashas had been
delivered from harm's way; reunited with loved ones; and given
the opportunity to begin new lives in Israel.
We're here in honor of a place that drives us all toward
that kind of action. It shatters our complacency by showing us
what the face of human evil looks like. For the Simon Wiesenthal
Center is not just a museum, although its vivid images will never
let the past fade. It's also an activist organization of more
than one million members. One million separate voices bound
together in single purpose -- the call for all lives to have
meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
on which
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones this country was
founded [on] ones we too often take for granted. I wish every
American could hear this story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home-
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
4
- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
Holocaust must never be dehumanized, dismissed, or forgotten.
We
pledge to preserve forever its memory.
There is no room in our America for evil We must search
out and expose every last Nazi fugitive or war criminal hiding in
?
the shadows, We pledge to bring them to justice
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet. We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disguise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our music, in our media, in our
minds, in our hearts. And in subtly subversive quota bills. We
pledge to point the finger of shame wherever the hatred of
bigotry festers -- and to rid our land of it for our children.
And of all forms of bigotry, above all there is no room in
our America -- and our world -- for anti-semitism. The insidious
ugliness of this cancer destroys the human spirit. We pledge to
root it out and conquer it wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
5
We must assure that security of Jewish opportunity and identity
is a reality.
We pledge to give our hearts and aid to helping
Jewish people in despair wherever they may be
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for
religious
intolerance.
We will continue to press the human rights agenda until every
friends - of any hind-
oppression
of Soviet Jewry has been erased. We pledge never to
give up hope -- and never to cease to work for their freedom
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day." That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
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Per Florence Gantt, attached are the
General's comments pertaining to the
Simon Wiesenthat Center Dinner Keynote.
Thank you
Hendy
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June 10, 1991 1 p.m.
SIMONW Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude." I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine -- and with
the promise of redemption. And I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents." I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again."
This
clear
He reminds us that we can do nothing that matters until we
learn the lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to Ausch-
witz. I've seen the mounds of human hair. The children's shoes.
The rubble of ovens. The images of human evil. When I left Ausch-
witz, I left part of me there. But I took something away in its
place -- the determination not just to remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran -- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. We must never Too
wuch
forget. We must never deny The haunting images compel us to
guard against tyranny and inhumanity. Remembering makes us
strong. And remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
2
horror -- the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit.
Those who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and
revenge.
What
world
would
have
blamed
them?
But, instead, they
lifted themselves -- and all of humanity -- toward a greater
goal. I believe that the ultimate lesson here is the
transcendent glory of survival. Hope triumphed over horror.
Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicated his life to Holocaust victims because
"anyone who does not remember betrays them again. "
[These must
become ? our days of remembrance This freedom we enjoy carries a
terrible responsibility. The genocide of WWII is over, but the
victims of other human rights abuseScall to us daily from across
the globe. In the memory of the 6 million, who died -- we must
Delete
Forget and must not Jail to act
not close our eyes. We must not block our ears. We must not
hold our tongues
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. "We
despecable
cannot tolerate silence. " It was because of Saddam's [unimaginable]
evil against fellow human beings that we made our stand in the
Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world had ignored
the brewing madness 50 years ago.
[Never Never forget. Never again
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people -- the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special
emissary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded
him the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned
Thanks in cause derable
part to our efforts, 3 leddy Rudy,
out to be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in
history. [we We worked closely with our friends in the Israeli
government,
and in less than 24 hours the Falashas had been
delivered from harm's way; reunited with loved ones; and given
the opportunity to begin new lives in Israel.
We're here in honor of a place that drives us all toward
that kind of action. It shatters our complacency by showing us
what the face of human evil looks like. For the Simon Wiesenthal
Center is not just a museum, although its vivid images will never
let the past fade. It's also an activist organization of more
than one million members. One million separate voices bound
together in single purpose -- the call for all lives to have
meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
on which
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones this country was
founded [on] ones we too often take for granted. I wish every
American could hear this story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home-
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
4
- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
Holocaust must never be dehumanized, dismissed, or forgotten.
We
pledge to preserve forever its memory
There is no room in our America for evil We must search
out and expose every last Nazi fugitive or war criminal hiding in
?
the shadows, We pledge to bring them to justice
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet. We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disquise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our music, in our media, in our
minds, in our hearts. And in subtly subversive quota bills. We
pledge to point the finger of shame wherever the hatred of
bigotry festers -- and to rid our land of it for our children.
And of all forms of bigotry, above all there is no room in
our America -- and our world -- for anti-semitism. The insidious
ugliness of this cancer destroys the human spirit. We pledge to
root it out and conquer it wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
5
We must assure that security of Jewish opportunity and identity
is a reality.
We
pledge to give our hearts and aid to helping
Jewish people in despair wherever they may be
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for
religious
intolerance.
We will continue to press the human rights agenda until every
fniends of any hind-
oppression of Soviet Jewry has been erased. We pledge never to
give up hope -- and never to cease to work for their freedom
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day." That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
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a world in which
bigster and milolerawe
are bamshed
(Hinchliffe/Blymire)
June 12, 1991 3 p.m.
SIMONW Draft Three
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude. " I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine -- and with
the promise of redemption. And I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents.' " I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again.'
that we must study closely
He reminds us that we can do nothing that matters until we
learn the lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to
Auschwitz. I've seen the images of human evil. When I left, I
left part of me there. But I took something away in its place -
- the determination not just to remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran --- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. We must never
forget. We must never deny. The haunting images compel us to
guard against tyranny and inhumanity. Remembering makes us
strong. And remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
horror: the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit. Those
2
who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and revenge.
What world would have blamed them? But, instead, they lifted
themselves, and all of humanity, toward a greater goal. I believe
that the ultimate lesson here is the transcendent glory of survi-
val. Hope triumphed over horror. Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicates his life to the Holocaust and its
victims because "anyone who does not remember betrays them
again." These must become our days of remembrance. This freedom
we enjoy carries a terrible responsibility. The genocide of WWII
is over, but the victims of other human rights abuse call to us
daily from across the globe. In the memory of the millions who
died -- we must not close our eyes. We must not block our ears.
We must not hold our tengues. forget. WE must N fail to act.
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. "We
cannot tolerate silence. " It was because of Saddam's unimaginable
evil against fellow human beings that we made our stand in the
Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world had ignored
the brewing madness 50 years ago. Never forget. Never again.
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people: the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special emis-
sary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded him
the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned out to
be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in history. We
worked closely with the Israeli government and within 30 hours
Thanks in considerable part to our efforts, led by Rudy,
3
the Falashas had been delivered from harm's way; reunited with
loved ones; given the opportunity to begin new lives in Israel.
These events remind us that Israel was created as a secure
refuge for any member of the Jewish people facing or fleeing per-
secution. But we've learned the hard lesson that geography alone
cannot guarantee security for this beleaguered homeland. We
learned that military power alone cannot guarantee security. We
learned that only real reconciliation between Israel and her
neighbors can bring about true and lasting security -- and that's
the goal behind the peace initiative I launched three months ago.
Now, direct negotiations between Israel and her neighbors no
longer seem a distant dream. The process we designed can be the
path we take to make that dream a reality. But the first step
along that path must be made by the parties in the region. When
they agree to launch direct, face-to-face negotiations then we'll
be on the way toward the best, brightest tomorrow we can imagine.
We're here tonight in honor of a place that drives us to
use the pain of our past in order to forge the finest future.
For the Simon Wiesenthal Center is not just a museum, although
its vivid images will never let the past fade. It's also an
activist organization of more than one million members. One
million separate voices bound together in single purpose -- the
call for all lives to have meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
4
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
on which
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones this country was
founded on -- ones we too often take for granted. I wish every
American could hear this story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home-
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
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Holocaust must never be dehumanized dismissed, or forgotten. We
pledge to preserve forever its memory
There is no room in our America for evil. We must search
out and unmask every last Nazi fugitive or war criminal hiding in
the shadows. We pledge to bring them to justice.
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet. We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disguise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
5
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our media, in our minds, in our
hearts. We pledge to expose the corrosive hatred of bigotry
wherever it festers; and to rid our land of it for our children.
There is no room in our America -- and our world -- for
anti-semitism. The insidious ugliness of this cancer destroys
the human spirit. We pledge to root it out and conquer it
wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
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We must assure that security of Jewish opportunity and identity.
we please to mathe Eac a realy tracel pepla of the world
is a reality. We pledge to give our hearts and aid to helping
5
Jewish people in despair wherever they may be
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for religious intolerance.
We will continue to press the human rights agenda until every
minprities -efany kind -
oppression of Soviet Jewry has been erased. We pledge never to
give up hope -- and never to cease to work for their freedom.
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day." That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important -- pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
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These dramatic events remind us that Israel's fundamental
purpose is to provide a secure refuge to any Jew confronting
persecution.
We have learned in the modern age that geography alone
cannot guarantee security and security does not come from
military power alone. True and lasting security requires real
reconciliation between Israel and her neighbors. The peace
initiative which I announced on March 6 is ultimately aimed at
that objective.
Secretary Baker has worked tirelessly to follow up. Much
progress has been made. Direct negotiations between Israel and
her neighbors is now a very real proposition, not a distant
dream. That is what we have been working so hard to achieve.
The remaining issues are not insurmountable if there is political
will.
Just as we remember the past with all its pain and suffering
so too we must imagine a better, brighter future. The
negotiating process which we have designed can be a path to that
future. We hope the parties in the region will take the critical
first step, and make it possible to launch direct, face-to-face
negotiations.
(Hinchliffe/Blymire)
June 10, 1991 1 p.m.
SIMONW
State
AWOAM
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER DINNER KEYNOTE
Sunday June 16, 1991
7 p.m.
Los Angeles, California
Rabbi Hier, I'll cherish this sacred gift. To you: "I lift
up the cup of redemption in thanks and gratitude." I've heard
that at Seder this Cup of Elijah is filled with wine -- and with
the promise of redemption. And I know the verse that says Elijah
"shall turn the heart of the parents to the children, and the
heart of the children to their parents." I hope this symbolic
gift can challenge us to do the same -- to reclaim our soul
through love for our human family. A love born of remembrance.
The extraordinary hero this center honors is our living
embodiment of remembrance. The two pledges of Simon Wiesenthal's
life inspire us all -- "Never Forget" and "Never Again."
He reminds us that we can do nothing that matters until we-
learn the lessons of the concentration camps. I've been to Ausch-
witz. The children's shoes. The rubble of ovens. The images of
human evil. When I left Auschwitz, I left part of me there. But
I took something away in its place -- the determination not just
to remember but also to act.
I say this to you as a World War II veteran -- as an
American -- and as President of the United States. We must never
forget. We must never deny. The haunting images compel us to
guard against tyranny and inhumanity. Remembering makes us
strong. And remembering makes us act.
But we must also remember something more powerful than the
2
horror -- the triumph of the inextinguishable human spirit.
Those who survived the Holocaust could have sunk into hate and
revenge. What world would have blamed them? But, instead, they
lifted themselves -- and all of humanity -- toward a greater
goal. I believe that the ultimate lesson here is the
transcendent glory of survival. Hope triumphed over horror:
Life triumphed over death.
Elie Wiesel dedicated his life to Holocaust victims because
"anyone who does not remember betrays them again." These must
become our days of remembrance. This freedom we enjoy carries a
terrible responsibility. The genocide of WWII is over, but the
victims of other human rights abuse call to us daily from across
the globe. In the memory of the 6 million who died -- we must
not close our eyes. We must not block our ears. We must not
hold our tongues.
Holocaust survivors lead our way. When Saddam Hussein
unleashed his evil against the Kurds, Simon Wiesenthal was among
the first to speak out. He said: "Silence is admittance. "We
cannot tolerate silence." It was because of Saddam's unimaginable
evil against fellow human beings that we made our stand in the
Persian Gulf. It was a moral imperative. The world had ignored
the brewing madness 50 years ago. Never forget. Never again.
We leapt to action again to protect another threatened
people -- the Ethiopian Jews. Rudy Boschwitz was my special
emissary. It was a proud moment of my Presidency when I awarded
him the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping in what turned
3
out to be one of the most intensive humanitarian airlifts in
history. We worked closely with our friends in the Israeli
government, and in less than 2-4- 30 hours the Falashas had been
delivered from harm's way; reunited with loved ones; and given
the opportunity to begin new lives in Israel.
INSERT ON PEACE PROCESS
We're here in honor of a place that drives us all toward
that kind of action. [It shatters our complacency by showing us
what the face of human evil looks like For the Simon Wiesenthal
Center is not just a museum, although its vivid images will never
let the past fade. It's also an activist organization of more
than one million members. One million separate voices bound
together in single purpose -- the call for all lives to have
meaning, dignity, and hope.
I thought of that earlier tonight when the Holocaust
survivors brought in the Mauthausen flag. It was one of the most
moving moments of my life. What a story -- those men and women
creating out of scraps this symbol of the values that gave them
hope. Just think -- those values were the ones this country was
founded on -- ones we too often take for granted. I wish every
American could hear this story, could see this flag.
The values those courageous Jewish victims saw symbolized in
our flag became the ones on which they founded their new home-
land. These shared values unite our country and Israel in an ex-
traordinary kinship. Values like: Freedom. Democracy. Morality.
Respect. Deeply rooted traditions of tolerance. Individual rights
and liberties. Our countries have forged an unprecedented bond -
4
- a bond of shared ideals, shared struggles, shared commitments.
Tonight, I want to return to those essential, basic values
and pledge America's eternal vigilance for justice, peace, and
human rights throughout the world. As your President, I say:
There is no room in our America for indifference. The
Holocaust must never be dehumanized, dismissed, or forgotten. We
pledge to preserve forever its memory.
There is no room in our America for evil. We must search
out and expose every last Nazi fugitive or war criminal hiding in
the shadows. We pledge to bring them to justice.
There is no room in this country for hate crimes. We must
raise our voices and the full force of our law against every hate
group, desecrater and demagogue, brown shirt or white sheet: We
pledge not to be fooled by a change in disquise -- corruption and
inhumanity still lie buried in their hearts.
There is no room in our America for bigotry. We must stand
firm against ignorance, racism and discrimination in any form and
any place -- in our cities, in our music, in our media, in our
minds, in our hearts. And in subtly subversive quota bills. We
pledge to point the finger of shame wherever the hatred of
bigotry festers -- and to rid our land of it for our children.
There is no room in our America -- and our world -- for
anti-semitism. The insidious ugliness of this cancer destroys
the human spirit. We pledge to root it out and conquer it
wherever it may start to grow.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a people.
5
We must assure that security of Jewish opportunity and identity
is a reality. We pledge to give our hearts and aid to helping
Jewish people in despair wherever they may be.
There is no room in our world for persecution of a nation.
Israel's survival must be guaranteed. We pledge our unwavering
support for her and for our joint goal of just and lasting peace.
There is no room in our world for religious intolerance.
We will continue to press the human rights agenda until every.
oppression of Soviet Jewry has been erased. We pledge never to
give up hope -- and never to cease to work for their freedom.
Above all, we must each of us embody in our lives the lesson
of this center -- the lesson so brilliantly expressed by its.
hero, Simon Wiesenthal, who reminds us: "Freedom is not a gift
from Heaven. One must fight for it every day. " That, my
friends, is our final -- and most important -- pledge.
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this evening with you
-- and for the warmth of your friendship. May God Bless us all.
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