05/15/1979
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"Flexibility will be the essence of our hopes."
"Compromises will be mandatory."
"We'll do the best we can, and I fervently ask the support and prayers of all those who share with us a hope that we might bring a new prospect for peace to the Middle East."
"The greatest single factor which causes me to be encouraged is my sure knowledge that Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat genuinely want peace."