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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
We'll fight terror like there's no peace, and make peace like there's no terror.
I was not interested in being minister of defense or minister of foreign affairs.
Peace with Syria would provide more security than a few settlements on the Golan.
The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.
A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.
Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.
The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.
Every prime minister... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.
A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.
In my position as prime minister, I bear the highest responsibility for decisions.
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.
I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.
There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.
Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do.
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.
Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country.
The newspapers are always reminding the public that I am an unpopular prime minister.
I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
Barack Obama's journey to the White House has impressed and inspired the entire world.
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister.
The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace.
From Jewish terrorism against Arabs it is a short step to Jewish terrorism against Jews.
I have to make sure that I am doing the right thing. I can't afford to make any mistake.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.
There is no doubt that there is a very strange phenomenon called the 'State Comptroller.'
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
You have got to sit down and talk to people. You can't understand people from a distance.
I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.
The Palestinians have arrived at the conclusion that nothing can be achieved using terror.
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
You want me to become a leaker? I'm not. I do not leak any news from the Cabinet sessions.
Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.
If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.
Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.
I wouldn't go so far to say that destiny preserves me. I managed to survive and to succeed.
Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews.
An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead.
The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.
Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.