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" Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. "

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" There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. "

" Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting not just out of might, but also out of right. "

" I think that Jordan is strong. I think that they will hold on. I believe that they've already opened their parliament and their system, the press and others, to many voices... And I hope and wish that they will remain stable for a long time. "

" 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. "

" If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. "

" Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival. "

" I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. "

" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "

" Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons. "

" I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he's the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land. "

" 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. "

" Israel will continue to act proactively to prevent the transfer of heavy missiles or advanced air defense systems from Syria to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, which, of course, carries the risk of a military showdown. "

" When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well. "

" I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. "

" I don't hate people. I just accept missions. "

" Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative. "

" In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement. "

" 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. "

" I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government. "

" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "

" The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilities are the only nuclear installations that we can definitely see and credibly target. "

" I don't think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They're radical, but not total mishuginas. "

" I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely. "

" Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely. "

" There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror. "

" Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game. "

" They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. "

" History never repeats itself in the same way. "

" An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. "

" I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed. "