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" I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. "
Ehud Barak
Ever
Anything
Feel
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" I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does. "
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" We want peace, but not at any price. "
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" 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. "
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" One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves. "
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" I don't think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They're radical, but not total mishuginas. "
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" The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence. "
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" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "
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" They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. "
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" 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. "
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Politics
Today
" 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. "
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Underdog
Violence
" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "
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Needs
You
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" I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed. "
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Missed
" Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv? "
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" The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilities are the only nuclear installations that we can definitely see and credibly target. "
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Target
Line
Red
" 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. "
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" As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians. "
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Greatest
Distance
" Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot. "
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" I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely. "
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Reliable
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" We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation. "
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