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" I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. "

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" I fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "

" The first intifada, I was then commander of Central Command, commanding the West Bank, basically. And I know to what extent the first intifada was a popular uprising. "

" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "

" Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor. "

" To think that you can - as a Zionist, Jewish independent state at the end of the 20th century - rule over another people for generations without having any consequences - it's ridiculous. "

" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "

" Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews. "

" Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons. "

" I don't hate people. I just accept missions. "

" Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative. "

" When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well. "

" Ladies and gentlemen, the relevant question is not when Iran will get the bomb. The relevant question is at what stage can we no longer stop Iran from getting the bomb. "

" I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements. "

" I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres. "

" Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the destruction of an Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad in 1981. This action delayed an Iraqi bomb by at least 15 years. The whole world condemned Israel - only to realize later how farsighted it had been. "

" There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. "

" I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. "

" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "

" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "

" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "

" I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he's the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land. "

" I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does. "

" If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party. "

" We want peace, but not at any price. "

" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "

" I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door. "

" The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in it, and to tell the world how - what kind of underdog they are. "

" The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies. "

" Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table. "