[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S16817]
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                             YITZHAK RABIN

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, Israel and the world have lost one of the 
greatest leaders of our generation. As so many great men before him, 
Yitzhak Rabin lost his life at the hands of an assassin: an angry young 
man, a spoiler of peace, and a traitor to his people and all those who 
sought peace in that troubled region.
  Yitzhak Rabin was first a military hero and, late in life, a soldier 
for the cause of peace. It is as this role as peacemaker that we 
Americans have come to know him best. He was the man who did what none 
would have thought possible by extending his hand to shake the hand of 
his long-time enemies, and to begin to deliver peace to his nation and 
to its neighbors.
  It is the sad reality of a violent world that great men make many 
enemies and the peacemaker is the object of the hatred of those who do 
not believe in peace. However, this great leader has left a legacy for 
all to carry on and, someday, to reap the rewards. Yitzhak Rabin helped 
give his nation its first breath of life, and has led his nation toward 
a better future. He helped bring flowers to a desert usually covered in 
blood, and has given to future generations the gift of the prospect of 
peace in our time. Yitzhak Rabin will surely be missed by his 
countrymen and by Americans alike; his family, his country, and those 
who will carry on his legacy are in our thoughts and prayers.

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