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" 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. "

Ehud Olmert

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" The dreadful terrorism perpetrated by Palestinian terrorist organizations has affected thousands of Israeli citizens, has destroyed families, and has tried to disrupt the lives of the citizens of Israel. "

" It is impossible to think of a world in which America was not there in the honorable service of humanity. "

" Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality. "

" 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. "

" The Goldstone Committee was formed in April of 2009, after I was not prime minister. So it was a new political situation. "

" I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other. "

" The situation of any leader in the Middle East is not easy. "

" The fundamental interest - long-range strategic interest - of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state. "

" Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel. "

" In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions. "

" Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country. "

" The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace. "

" There is an alliance between Israel and the United States, and it has never been stronger than at the time of George W. Bush. "

" There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission. "

" I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail. "

" When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried. "

" What's the logic of investing millions in agriculture if it will not pay off? "

" There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons. "

" For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace. "