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" I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925. "

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" I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself. "

" An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don't change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army. "

" 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! "

" Israel has a problem not because of the perception that the entire world is against us, but because of the government's problematic policies. "

" Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria. "

" I don't envy my teachers. I used to preach to them. "

" You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control. "

" The attitude of 'every nation unto itself' is a destructive one for the future of Israel. "

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" When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children. "

" 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. "

" Israel was established as a homeland for the Jewish people and embraced all the Jews who had to leave Arab states. This should be also the true meaning of the future Palestinian state. It should be the answer for the Palestinians wherever they are - those who live in the territories, and those who are being kept as political cards in refugee camps. "

" The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic. "

" For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial. "

" When I was young, I went to the Sinai and worked as a waitress. "

" I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator. "

" The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims. "

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" There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology. "

" 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. "

" The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement. "

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" I prefer jeans to a suit, sneakers to high heels, markets to malls. "