ey who will decide whether he lives in comfort or in despair， in security or in fear. his fate is given to us to resolve —— to the governments of countries， democratic or otherwise.
ladies and gentlemen，
just as no two fingerprints are identical， so no two people are alike， and every country has its own laws and culture， traditions and leaders. but there is one universal message which can embrace the entire world， one precept which can be common to different regimes， to races which bear no resemblance， to cultures that are alien to each other.
it is a message which the jewish people has carried for thousands of years， the message found in the book of books： 've'nishmartem me'od l'nafshoteichem' —— 'therefore take good heed of yourselves' —— or， in contemporary terms， the message of the sanctity of life.
the leaders of nations must provide their peoples with the conditions —— the infrastructure， if you will —— which enables them to enjoy life： freedom of speech and movement； food and shelter； and most important of all： life itself. a man cannot enjoy his rights if he is not alive. and so every country must protect and preserve the key element in its national ethos： the lives of its citizens.
only to defend those lives， we can call upon our citizens to enlist in the army. and to defend the lives of our citizens serving in the army， we invest huge sums in planes and tanks， and other means. yet despite it all， we fail to protect t
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