“was the biggest news event in America since the assassination of Lincoln in 1865.”
David McCullough
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
Abraham Lincoln
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
“The main message is that in a democracy, [assassination] is not the means to change policy, ... Unfortunately, the assassin was right: for a while, there was a freeze in process.”
Yitzhak Rabin
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right”
“This has been probably one of the most tragic events to hit Israel certainly since the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. Sharon is not just a leader who is very respected, he's also a leader who is very much loved by the people.”
Dan Gillerman
“If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.”