That’s why when people ask me what’s going to be with all this trouble in America, recession and crime and inflation, other things, I tell them that the best thing for the country would be if President Reagan called up Rav Moshe Feinstein and asked him to handle the affairs of the nation. Oh, Rav Moshe! A brilliant man with a tremendous Torah mind. There would be nothing better for our country. If President Reagan would hire Rav Feinstein, that would be the most fortunate government. The President can go back to taking care of his ranch and sipping cognac and we would be the most fortunate people to have a tzaddik in the Oval Office. Of course, Rav Feinstein wouldn’t accept the offer – he’s too busy with more important things – but he’s the most capable.
That’s how to talk about tzaddikim; always to praise them, to lift them up. Tell people that the Satmarer Rav was a very big tzaddik. Absolutely! I met him personally once, at midnight in his home; he was an extraordinary tzaddik.
Now, I understand that there are ignorami who like to talk; they like to display their ignorance. But that’s why we have to do the opposite; we speak up for the righteous. We praise the Satmarer Rav for his courage in fighting for authentic Torah principles. You know, to say the truth is not always easy; it can be quite uncomfortable. There are a lot of people who believe in certain principles but they don’t want to put themselves out; they don’t have the level of mesiras nefesh needed to fight for these principles. But the Satmerer Rav was willing to expose himself to public opprobrium for the sake of the Am Yisroel.
I say the Satmarer just as an example. We have many tzaddikim boruch Hashem, all types, and our function is to speak about all of them, to sing their praises.
