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" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "
Ehud Barak
Afraid
Won
Every
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" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "
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" Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game. "
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" If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. "
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" We want peace, but not at any price. "
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Peace
Any
" 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. "
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" I will not discuss future hypothetical situations. "
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Will
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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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Peace
Missed
" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "
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" I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel. "
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Choice
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" Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely. "
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Strength
Israel
Middle
" 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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Does
Anything
Property
" I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements. "
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Muslim
Radical
" 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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Career
Years
Kind
" 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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Alone
Politics
Today
" The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing. "
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Process
Countries
Arab
" Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews. "
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Filter
Attitude
Always
" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "
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Afford
Cannot
Duped
" Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor. "
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Neighbor
Kind
Good
" They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. "
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Pessimist
Experience
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" Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot. "
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Get
Give
Dealing
" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "
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Power
Israel
International
" There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened. I believe the perception is wrong. The United States remains the world's mightiest military, economic and diplomatic power by far, with reach and abilities beyond rival. "
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World
America
Reach
" 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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Hedonistic
Feel
Sharon
" I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit. "
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Will
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Community
" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "
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Difficult
Globalization
Decisions
" There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. "
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" As long as in this territory west of the Jordan river there is only one political entity called Israel, it is going to be either non-Jewish or non-democratic. If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state. "
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Political
West
Vote
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Against
Fought
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