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" Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do. "
Ehud Olmert
Got
Only
One Thing
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" I'm entirely free of any suspicions or complaints about the Obama administration. I think the Obama administration is very friendly to Israel. I know a lot of the people in the administration, and they are committed to Israel. "
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" Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people. "
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" As mayor of Jerusalem, I wanted the government to invest the necessary funds in order to unite the city in an effective manner with full rights for the Palestinians living in Jerusalem, so the world would say, 'Okay, it can work.' "
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" I believe that there is no path other than the path of peace. "
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" In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions. "
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Carried
" Israel is grateful that America believes in us. "
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Us
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" Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable. "
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Abu
Strengthen
" Israel has said many times - and I also said this to German television in an interview - that we will not be the first country that introduces nuclear weapons to the Middle East. "
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Television
Said
" Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation. "
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Living
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" Yasser Arafat never wanted to make peace with Israel. "
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Israel
Wanted
Peace
" I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired. "
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Feel
Tired
" When I addressed international forums as prime minister, the Israeli people expected me to present bold political initiatives that would bring peace - not arguments outlining why achieving peace now is not possible. "
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Me
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" Mofaz was elected to head Kadima since the party had been shattered. "
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Had
Been
Party
" I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it. "
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Interest
Us
Thought
" Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it. "
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Serious
Decisions
Fight
" I can tell you that if I'd had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis - which I have not - he would be very surprised to hear what I have to say. "
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Opportunity
Say
You
" I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement. "
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Possible
Think
Early
" I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them. "
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American
Government
Know
" Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? "
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Remember
" From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations. "
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Leader
Him
End
" I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail. "
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Power
Will
Prevail
" There were certain people who were out to get me. I know who those people were. They exist, believe me. They know that I know. They spent millions of dollars in order to try to get rid of me. I'm happy they lost most of their money. "
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Money
" What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job? "
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Being
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" Don't fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself. "
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Political
Myself
" Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security? "
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Seriously
Will
Difference
" I always wake up early Saturday morning, and I have a little bit more time, so I go to the gym. "
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Gym
Morning
Wake Up
" In my position as prime minister, I bear the highest responsibility for decisions. "
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Bear
Decisions
" I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish democratic state - and we have to make this choice, it is inevitable - then my choice is a Jewish democratic country. "
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Israel
Inevitable
Country
" I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous. "
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Comparison
Dangerous