My very speech to you today proves that we here in the United States enjoy what a select few nations elsewhere in the world permit for their citizens. Anatoly Shcharansky. as a founding member of the Committee for the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreement in Moscow. has sacrificed his way of life for the privilege to state the case of those who are not permitted to do so. His Jewishness has provided him with a double mission. he is also considered to be the champion of those who are not permitted to emigrate from the citadel which we call the Soviet Union. Anatolys final word upon the conclusion of his trial were "next year in Jerusalem." His words continue to ring in my ears. it is two millenias dream as yet unfulfilled. I sincerely hope that next years March 15 will no longer possess its historically ominous implications. perhaps next year will bring freedom for Anatoly Shcharansky.
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