The Anti-Defamation League awarded its highest honor to
former President George W. Bush.
The ADL presented its America’s Democratic Legacy Award to
the former president during a Thursday night gala dinner that opened the its
national executive committee meeting in Palm Beach, Fla.
“We will never forget, Mr. President, how the vision you laid
out of ‘two states, living side by side, in peace and security’ still informs
our consciousness and our parlance today,” said the ADL’s national director,
Abraham Foxman.
“You solidified an unbreakable affinity between two democracies
challenged by extremists and terrorists and an ironclad shared understanding that security is one of the most important foundations for peace.”
Foxman also hailed Bush’s support for immigration reform and
his leadership after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
“When you were called on to respond to unspeakable terror,
hate and violence, you refused to let America give into stereotypes,” Foxman
said. “You answered calls for anti-Muslim revenge with calls for respect and
understanding.”
Bush spoke at the dinner, which was held at The Breakers
resort and was reportedly closed to the press.
Previous recipients of the award, which the ADL
has been giving out for more than half a century, have included American
presidents as well as other government, business, literary and religious
figures
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