Ronald Reagan

“ Every quality we associate with statesmanship was David Ben-Gurion's-wisdom, tremendous ability, great resourcefulness-but none more so than the vision and the determination that propelled him decade after decade. Israel's existence is a true testament to the spirit and the deeds of David Ben-Gurion. ”

“ In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh. ”