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" Both peoples, both nations, deserve a nation-state of their own. Palestinians, if they wish so, will go to the Palestinian state; Jews, if they so wish, can go to the Jewish state. And we'll have to have security and demilitarization agreements between us. "

" Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world. "

" Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up. "

" I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day. "

" I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. "

" I'm not naturally manipulative. "

" In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu. "

" I've been right more than I've been wrong. "

" My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. "

" My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero. "

" Now, when we say we want peace, what we want is really for our Palestinian neighbours to have a demilitarized state next to us that recognizes the Jewish State. We're willing to recognize their state, the Palestinian state. But we ask them to recognize the Jewish state. "

" Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves. "

" Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. "

" Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace. "

" Populism is dangerous. "

" So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away. "

" The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. "

" The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat. "

" There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed. "

" The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be. "

" The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity. "

" Those in the international community that refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel. "

" We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations. "

" Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. "

" You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it. "

" You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations. "

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