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" If Syria wants to be part of the international community, there are some conditions that they have to meet. And the first one is to stop embracing the terrorism. "

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" Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us. "

Tzipi Livni

Turkey

Importance

Israel

" The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. "

" On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel. "

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

" It's not enough to speak loudly and confidently. You have to know how to get the world on your side, to accept Israel's ideas of security and defending its interests. Netanyahu does not know how to do this. "

" 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 capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them. "

" I didn't go into politics out of concern for the Palestinians but out of concern for Israel. "

Tzipi Livni

Israel

Out

" I don't question any American president in terms of his commitment to the security of the state of Israel. "

" 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. "

" I hate the idea that talking security is Likud and right wing, and talking about peace is left wing and Labor and Kadima. The whole idea is to find a way to bridge: to find a way to have security and peace together. "

" 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. "

" I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society. "

" The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region. "

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

" You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery! "

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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy. "

" I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers. "

" My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions. "

Tzipi Livni

Husband

Institutions

" As leaders, we in Israel must take into account the concerns of diaspora Jewry. Israel is strong enough to take criticism from within the family of Jews who say, 'OK, we disapprove of Israeli policy, but we stand firm for Israel.' "

" The Israeli people deserve better than a life in between rounds of violence. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The real danger is a politics that buries its head in the sand. "

" Everybody wants to live in peace. "

" My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?' "

" I'm not a person of mentors. "

Tzipi Livni

Person

Mentors