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All Quotes by author - Reuven Rivlin

" All over the Middle East, we face difficult challenges: the ongoing tragedy in Syria, the instability in Iraq, and the jihadist terrorism which dares to speak in the name of Islam, brings so many to seek refuge. The Hashemite Kingdom is facing all these challenges with honor, with dignity, and with great national and human solidarity. "

" A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own. "

" Arik is suffused with a mystical belief about Jerusalem. "

" As a rule, whenever I hear about a demographic threat, it comes first of all from a type of thinking that says the Arabs are a threat. And this leads to thinking of transfer or that they should be killed. I am appalled by this kind of talk. "

" Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis. "

" I believe that our democratic values are also born out of our Jewish faith, a 'love for the stranger,' and equality before the law - these are not foreign values: this is Judaism. "

" I'm a utopianist. "

" I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order. "

" It seems to me that many of the belligerent Jewish movements that were built upon hatred of Arabs - and I'm not only talking about Lieberman, but within the Likud as well - grew out of the patronizing socialist attitude that said, 'They'll be there, and we'll be here.' "

" I won't intervene in Knesset decisions. "

" Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life. "

" Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another. "

" One cannot tell the High Court what to adjudicate. They must judge, and then the legislature must act accordingly. "

" One could establish a system in one state in which Judea and Samaria are jointly held. The Jews would vote for a Jewish parliament and the Palestinians for an Arab parliament, and we would create a system in which life is shared. "

" Our ideals are under the constant threat of extremism, whether in the form of radical Muslim groups or the emergence of other elements seeking to deny the rights and freedoms of others. "

" Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still. "

" The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations. "

" There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. "

" There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy. "

" There will never be peace unless we have open borders. But that does not mean open on our side and you continue to hit me on the other. "

" United Jerusalem has been and will forever be the capital of the Jewish People. "

" We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult. "

" We are one family, and the connection between all Jews, all over the world, is very important to the State of Israel. "

" We have many candidates, like in reality television, but we don't really have a leader. "

" We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us. "

" What happens in one region affects people across the world. "

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