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" 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. "

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

" Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The aim of the Palestinian terror is not just to kill Israelis but also to break the will of Israeli society in order to dictate a political solution. Israel should never yield to this terror campaign. "

" Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the destruction of an Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad in 1981. This action delayed an Iraqi bomb by at least 15 years. The whole world condemned Israel - only to realize later how farsighted it had been. "

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

" I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong. "

" I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. "

" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "

" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "

" 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. "

" Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv? "

" There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons. "

" I fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "

" Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have had enough of already. "

" The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "

" ISIS has never fought a real battle. "

" War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off. "

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

" 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. "

" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "

" I will not discuss future hypothetical situations. "