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" Intellectuals know how to answer the question, 'What God do I believe in?' not only through the question of 'What God do I abhor?' Intellectuals can also answer the question of 'What flag do I wave?' without having to answer the question of 'What flag do I burn.' "

Yair Lapid

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" The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength. "

" Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty and will not be divided. "

" I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that. "

" Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria. "

" I do not deal with threats and ultimatums. "

" The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride. "

" Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them. "

" The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers. "

" Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era, one is not expected to argue that one group within humanity has an advantage over all the others. "

" I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem. "

" I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state. "

" If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them. "

" I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos. "

" The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get lost. "

" Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together. "

" The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders. "

" Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn't a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York. "

" You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it. "

" I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis. "

" Yesh Atid is a Jewish, religious-secular party. Our DNA is center - both Left and Right. The difference between center-left and center-right is more emotional and hereditary than having to do with what people think about the Palestinians. "

" I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.' "

" I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God. "

" Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong. "

" The settlers, as we know, are the only people in Israel who take the Left seriously. When you read the settlers' publications, you think that the leftists are everywhere: The leftists infiltrate the government, the leftists run the Defense Ministry, the leftists dominate the legal establishment, and the leftists control the media, of course. "

" Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road. "

" People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews. "

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" Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits. "

" One of the hardest things is to create hope. "

" I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me. "

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