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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 39, \"10/12/76 - Remarks at the Yeshiva\nInstitute; Brooklyn, New York\" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading\nCopies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 39 of President's\nTHANK YOU, SEN. JAVITS\nSpeeches and Statements:\nReading Copies at the\nSEN. BUCKLEY\nGerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nATORNEY GENERAL LEFKOWITZ\nCONG PEYSER/BENGILMAN\nDICK ROSENBAUM\nMR. GOLDSCHMIDT\nMRS. ELiACH\nMR. KLIEN\nDISTINGUISHED GUESTS\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN\nSV\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN\nPRESIDENT'S REMARKS AT YESHIVA\nINSTITUTE, FLATBUSH, NEW YORK\nOCTOBER 12, 1976\n-I-\nI COMMEND THIS OUTSTANDING JEWISH INSTITUTION\nAND, AND ESPECIALLY, THE CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES\nFROM THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE\nCAME THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE JEWISH SPIRIT\nTHE REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL\n-2-\nTHIS INSPIRES AMERICANS OF ALL FAITHS\nTHE JEWISH PEOPLE\nONCE TRAGIC VICTIMS\nTODAY ARE A SYMBOL OF HUMAN\nCOURAGE\nPRIDE\nAND UNCONQUERABLE DETERMINATION\n,\n3-\nWHEN I THINK OF THE TERRIBLE ATROCITIES OF\nWORLD WAR TWO\nWHEN I RECALL THAT GRIM AND MOVING DAY\nWHEN I VISITED AUSCHWITZ\nWHEN I THINK OF THE SIX MILLION\n,\nJEWISH MARTYRS AND OTHERS so BRUTALLY MURDERED\n----\n-4-\nI REFLECT ON HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO BE CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY\nWHICH EXALTS TRUST IN GOD AND THE GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS OF\nEVERY PERSON TO LIFE\nLIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS\n-5-\nI WAS JUST PRESENTED WITH A SMALL LAPEL PIN\nINSCRIBED WITH A HEBREW WORD.\n\"REMEMBER\"\nI WILL REMEMBER\nGOD HAS BLESSED OUR GREAT LAND\nWITH\nTHIS BLESSING GOES A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY\n-6-\nAS A FREE PEOPLE\nWE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE PRICE OF\nFREEDOM IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE\nIN OUR LIFETIME\nTHERE HAS\nBEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH TRAGEDY AND TERROR\nMORE THAN ENOUGH\nFANATICISM AND FEAR\n-7-\nMY ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED TO COMBAT\nTERRORISM WORLDWIDE\nI SHARED THE RELIEF\n--\nAND THE\nPRIDE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE LAST JULY 4th WHEN OUR\nINDEPENDENCE DAY WAS GIVEN AN ADDED DIMENSION BY THE\nHEROIC ISRAELI RESCUE OPERATION IN UGANDA\n-8-\nJUST AS I AM DETERMINED TO FIGHT TERRORISM\nTHROUGHOUT THE WORLD , I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER\nTO FIGHT TERRORISM IN OUR OWN STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS\nIN NEW YORK AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION\nTHERE HAVE BEEN\nTOO MANY MUGGINGS AND TOO MANY MURDERS\n-9-\nTHE TIME HAS COME TO LOCK UP THOSE WHO MAKE A CAREER OF\nCRIME AND TO GIVE THE STREETS BACK TO THE PEOPLE\nWE ARE DEDICATED TO AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM\n-10-\nBUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MEANS LITTLE IF PEOPLE\nCANNOT WALK IN SAFETY TO THEIR SYNAGOGUES AND CHURCHES\nCANNOT FEEL SECURE IN THEIR OWN STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS\nAND CANNOT BE SURE THAT SOCIETY IS AS DEVOTED TO THE RIGHTS\nOF THE VICTIM AS TO THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINAL\n-11-\nA FREE PEOPLE MUST NEVER CAPITULATE TO TERRORISM\nWHETHER AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS OR IN OUR OWN STREETS\nI AM IN FLATBUSH TODAY TO REAFFIRM THAT\nNEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD\nOF AMERICA\n-12-\nLET US EXPAND AND ENCOURAGE THE VALUES INHERENT IN OUR\nNEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OUR TRADITIONS\nAMERICA'S FUTURE\nREQUIRES TRADITIONAL COMMON SENSE,\nNOT RADICAL\nEXPERIMENTATION AT YOUR PERSONAL EXPENSE\n-13-\nWE MUST CHERISH AND PRESERVE OUR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS,\nTHE\nFAMILY\nTHE HOME AND THE RICH HERITAGE OF MANY CULTURES IN\nNEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT AMERICA\nTHE UNITED STATES IS SOUND\nWE ARE SECURE\nWE ARE ON THE MARCH TO FULL ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND A BETTER\nLIFE FOR ALL AMERICANS\n-14-\nBUT AMERICA'S SALVATION WILL NOT BE FOUND IN EXPENSIVE\nNEW PROGRAMS FINANCED BY YOU WHO PAY THE TAXES AND OBEY\nTHE LAWS\nIN THE NAME OF JUSTICE FOR SOME\nWE MUST NOT DO\nINJUSTICE TO OTHERS\n-15-\nI AM AGAINST ARBITRARY QUOTAS IN HIRING AND\nEDUCATION\nINDIVIDUAL MERIT MUST BE REWARDED\nOPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL AMERICANS ON AN EQUAL\nBASIS\nI TODAY RENEW MY PLEDGE TO BE PRESIDENT OF ALL THE\nPEOPLE\nNOT WITH WILD PROMISES AND VAGUE PLANS\nBUT WITH\nA PROVEN RECORD OF PERFORMANCE\n-I5a-\nTHE ARAB BOYCOTT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1952 --\nAND I HAVE OPPOSED IT SINCE 1952\nOUR MORAL AND LEGAL\nOPPOSITION TO THE ARAB BOYCOTT IS BEING MADE FORCEFULLY CLEAR,\nNOT ONLY TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS\nBUT TO THE AMERICAN BUSINESS\nCOMMUNITY\n-15b-\nLAST WEEK I ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO\nMAKE PUBLIC EVERY INSTANCE IN WHICH ARAB BOYCOTT DEMANDS\nARE RECEIVED FROM NOW ON BY AMERICAN COMPANIES\nSUCH DISCLOSURE WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO MONITOR THE RESPONSE\nOF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY\n-15c-\nI HAVE NOT AND WILL NOT TOLERATE THE TRANSLATION\nOF FOREIGN RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE INTO DOMESTIC DISCRIMINATION\nAGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS.\n-15d-\nI AM PROUD TO BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO TAKE STRONG\nEXECUTIVE ACTION TO COMBAT THE BOYCOTT.\nIN MARCH, 1975,\nI INITIATED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE WHITE HOUSE REVIEW OF THE\nBOYCOTT PROBLEM\n-15e-\nMY ACTION LED,\nIN NOVEMBER, 1975, TO A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE\nORDERS THAT I ISSUED SPECIFICALLY TO COMBAT RELIGIOUS\nDISCRIMINATION AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS\n-15f-\nDURING THE 25 YEARS I SERVED IN THE CONGRESS,\nI ACTED\nAS YOU KNOW\n-\nON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO BRING\nAMERICA'S ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWRY\n-15g-\nAS PRESIDENT, I AM PRESSING FOR NEW MOVEMENT ON THE ISSUE\nOF EMIGRATION OF JEWS FROM THE SOVIET UNION\nI RAISED THIS\nQUESTION PERSONALLY WITH GENERAL SECRETARY BREZHNEV\n}--\nAND I WILL RAISE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN\n-15h-\nIT IS IMMORAL FOR ANY NATION EITHER TO DOMINATE\nOTHER NATIONS OR TO DOMINATE THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ELEMENTARY\nHUMAN RIGHTS OF ITS OWN CITIZENS\n-16-\nFROM THE TIME I FIRST RAN FOR CONGRESS IN 1948,\nI RECOGNIZED THAT A STRONG ISRAEL IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CAUSE\nOF PEACE AND TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES\nI AM PROUD OF MY RECORD\nIT IS AS OLD AS THE STATE OF\nISRAEL\nYOU KNOW WHERE I STAND\n-17-\nI STAND FIRM IN MY COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL\nI AM PROUD THAT OUR DELEGATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS\nHAS FOUGHT AND WILL FIGHT ANY MEASURE THAT CONDEMNS ZIONISM\nAS RACISM OR WOULD DENY ISRAEL HER FULL RIGHTS OF UNITED\nNATIONS MEMBERSHIP\n-18-\nAMERICA'S POLICY OF PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH HAS\nPROVEN ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD\nNOBODY QUESTIONS OUR DEDICATION TO PEACE\nAND NOBODY\nMUST DOUBT MY WILLINGNESS TO USE OUR STRENGTH WHEN AMERICA'S\nVITAL INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE\n-19-\nA STRONG DEFENSE IS THE BEST INSURANCE FOR PEACE\nBUT OUR STRENGTH HAS NEVER RESTED UPON ARMS ALONE\nIT IS ROOTED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS\nOF ETHICS AND MORALITY\n-20-\nAS PRESIDENT, , I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT PEACE IN THE\nMIDDLE EAST HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY THE TRUST WE HAVE ELICITED\nON BOTH SIDES\nISRAEL'S FUTURE IS CERTAINLY BRIGHTER\nTODAY THAN IT WAS BEFORE I BECAME PRESIDENT\n-21-\nIN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FORCES OF MODERATION\nIN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE GROWN STRONGER\nTHE AREA'S\nEXTREMISTS AND TERRORISTS ARE ON THE DEFENSIVE\n-22-\nPRIME MINISTER RABIN\nWHO HAS BEEN MY PERSONAL\n,\nFRIEND SINCE HE WAS AMBASSADOR HERE WHEN I SERVED IN\nCONGRESS\nSAID RECENTLY THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR\n,\nTWO COUNTRIES ARE AT A PEAK\n-23-\nTHE FUNDS FOR ISRAEL IN MY FIRST TWO YEARS IN\nOFFICE TOTALLED OVER 4.3 BILLION DOLLARS\nFORTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMERICAN AID TO ISRAEL SINCE\n1948 WAS AUTHORIZED DURING THE FORD ADMINISTRATION\n-24-\nOUR SUPPORT OF ISRAEL\n:\nWITH WEAPONS\nNOT WORDS\nWAS SUMMED UP BY ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER RABIN\n,\nWHO SAID THAT \"THE MARGIN BETWEEN WHAT WE WANT AND\nWHAT WE GET IS VERY SMALL.\"\n-25-\nISRAELI STRENGTH ENHANCES THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE\nI REAFFIRM TODAY THAT, AS WE PURSUE PEACE, THERE\nWILL BE NO IMPOSED SOLUTION\n-26-\nTHERE WILL BE NO ONE-SIDED CONCESSIONS\nI HAVE MET WITH PRIME MINISTER RABIN AND OTHER\nISRAELI LEADERS IN WASHINGTON SINCE I BECAME PRESIDENT\n-27-\nIN MY NEXT TERM I INTEND TO VISIT ISRAEL AND OTHER\nMIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES WHENEVER SUCH A TRIP WOULD\nCONTRIBUTE MOST TO A JUST AND LASTING SETTLEMENT\n-28-\nMY RECORD AS A FRIEND OF ISRAEL SPEAKS FOR ITSELF\nMY RECORD IS ONE OF REALISM,\nNOT RHETORIC\nMY RECORD IS ONE OF EXPERIENCE\nNOT EXPEDIENCY\nMY RECORD IS ONE OF PERFORMANCE\nNOT PROMISES.\n-29-\nI RECALL THE TIMELESS QUESTION ASKED BY A GREAT\nJEWISH PROPHET\n\"WHAT DOTH THE LORD REQUIRE OF THEE,\nBUT TO DO JUSTLY, AND TO LOVE MERCY, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH\nTHY GOD?\"\n-30-\nAS I VISIT WITH CITIZENS LIKE YOURSELVES,\nAND NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS, I AM REASSURED BY THE GOODNESS\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- A NATION WHICH STRIVES\nTO DO JUSTLY AND TO LOVE MERCY\n-31-\nLET US WALK HUMBLY TOGETHER,\nIN BROTHERHOOD\nWITH GOD\nAS OUR GUIDE\nTHANK YOU VERY MUCH\nSHALOM\nEND OF TEXT"
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