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" I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics. "
Tzipi Livni
Office
Am
Good
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" I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature. "
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Own
Be Different
I Am
" Israel needs to change direction, and this is not just political. We're becoming more closed-in, more isolated, more scared. Those who talk tough are making the State of Israel very weak, very isolated - very Jewish, in the Diaspora-sense, in that 'everyone is against us.' We need to get out of this. "
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Political
Tough
Change
" Something happened to the State of Israel. What was morally obvious in 1948 is not so obvious anymore. When the State of Israel was established, it was, for the parents and grandparents of these young Jews, a miracle. It was David and Goliath. We were the just cause. It was about values. We were small, but we were the good guys in the world! "
Tzipi Livni
World
Values
Parents
" Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy. "
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Priorities
Leading
Government
" The real danger is a politics that buries its head in the sand. "
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Sand
Real
Politics
" The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism. "
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Fighting
Dubai
Good
" The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. "
Tzipi Livni
Afford
Iran
Nuclear
" I have come to fight for peace, and I will not give my hand to those who try to turn the word 'peace' into a dirty one. "
Tzipi Livni
Dirty
Peace
Will
" Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core democratic principles and abandon the use of force as a political tool. Or they can maintain armed terrorist militias in order to threaten their neighbors and intimidate their people. The international community should not allow them to do both. "
Tzipi Livni
Community
Political
People
" I've been involved in ties with elements in the Arab world for years now. They wish to establish relations with Israel, but they cannot do so while there is no peace process. "
Tzipi Livni
Now
Years
World
" Supporting the war on terror is not an anti-Palestinian act. It is anti-terror. "
Tzipi Livni
Act
War
Terror
" Something that truly frustrates me is the impression in Israel that when you are talking about security, you are bold; you are tough: this is what we need against all the enemies that we have. And when someone is talking about peace, you know, it's the naive left wing, soft. "
Tzipi Livni
Me
Tough
Peace
" I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925. "
Tzipi Livni
Born
I Was Born
Parents
" Israel has a problem not because of the perception that the entire world is against us, but because of the government's problematic policies. "
Tzipi Livni
Perception
Government
Problem
" Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses. "
Tzipi Livni
Community
Support
Genuine
" We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy. "
Tzipi Livni
Government
Understanding
Must
" There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory. "
Tzipi Livni
Child
Purpose
Who
" The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims. "
Tzipi Livni
Leader
Crazy
World
" The role of a leader is to create a reality and not to be influenced by polls. "
Tzipi Livni
Reality
Polls
Role
" What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.' "
Tzipi Livni
Say
Peace
Need
" I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society. "
Tzipi Livni
Think
Need
Change
" The right to love is granted to anyone. "
Tzipi Livni
Right
To Love
Love
" The attitude of 'every nation unto itself' is a destructive one for the future of Israel. "
Tzipi Livni
Israel
Attitude
Future
" Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings. "
Tzipi Livni
End Of The Day
Day
End
" Wars are not a choice we make for no reason. "
Tzipi Livni
Choice
Make
No Reason
" Most of the Israelis reside in settlement blocs which will be part of the state of Israel in the future, and they will remain in their homes. "
Tzipi Livni
Future
Most
Part
" The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy. "
Tzipi Livni
Conflict
Glass
Israel
" In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press. "
Tzipi Livni
Democracy
Art
Strong
" Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates. "
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Threat
Security
Place
" I don't question any American president in terms of his commitment to the security of the state of Israel. "
Tzipi Livni
Commitment
Security
American