“He knew, better than the cynic, that if you look out over the arc of history, human beings should be filled not with fear but with hope.”

— Barack Obama

Remarks by President Obama at Memorial Service for Former Israeli President Shimon Peres on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/30/remarks-president-obama-memorial-service-former-israeli-president-shimon (30 September 2016)
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