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" Most of the Israelis reside in settlement blocs which will be part of the state of Israel in the future, and they will remain in their homes. "
Tzipi Livni
Future
Most
Part
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" I believe most of the public should be involved in the election of the leadership. "
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Election
Leadership
Believe
" 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! "
Tzipi Livni
World
Values
Parents
" If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it. "
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Sell
Principles
Worthy
" We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy - not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values. "
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System
Fighting
Democracy
" When it comes to matters of religion and state, Bayit Yehudi is more extreme than the ultra-Orthodox. "
Tzipi Livni
Extreme
Than
Religion
" After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It's about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past. "
Tzipi Livni
Living
Me
Past
" 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. "
Tzipi Livni
Live
Army
Land
" Something that truly frustrates me is the impression in Israel that when you are talking about security, you are bold; you are tough: this is what we need against all the enemies that we have. And when someone is talking about peace, you know, it's the naive left wing, soft. "
Tzipi Livni
Me
Tough
Peace
" My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?' "
Tzipi Livni
Responsibility
Ask
Serve
" 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. "
Tzipi Livni
Community
Political
People
" When we distinguish between Israel's right to defend itself and settlements, then we legitimize its security needs; when we distinguish between isolated settlements and the blocs, then we legitimize the settlement blocs. "
Tzipi Livni
Security
Right
Needs
" I want Israel to have borders. For that, I need a map. I need a map on which our borders are specified. "
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Need
Map
Israel
" Wars are not a choice we make for no reason. "
Tzipi Livni
Choice
Make
No Reason
" The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. "
Tzipi Livni
Afford
Iran
Nuclear
" 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. "
Tzipi Livni
Political
Tough
Change
" The right to love is granted to anyone. "
Tzipi Livni
Right
To Love
Love
" For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial. "
Tzipi Livni
Defend
Israel
Me
" I don't envy my teachers. I used to preach to them. "
Tzipi Livni
Used
Envy
Them
" 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. "
Tzipi Livni
Security
Ideas
World
" I prefer jeans to a suit, sneakers to high heels, markets to malls. "
Tzipi Livni
Sneakers
High
High Heels
" I want Israel to be a normal state, part of the international community, part of the free world, but unique in terms of the Jewish people. I want both. "
Tzipi Livni
Free
Community
People
" The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement. "
Tzipi Livni
Movement
Palestinian
Religious
" Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting agreements signed by former governments. "
Tzipi Livni
Political
Democracy
Reach
" I resent the idea that Israel is part of the political agenda in United States' campaigns, really. "
Tzipi Livni
Israel
United States
Political
" The last thing that Israel needs is to be part of the internal agenda in the United States between Republicans and Democrats. "
Tzipi Livni
Last
United States
Democrats
" When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a U.N. Security Council decision that speaks of an embargo on weapons transfers to Hezbollah. "
Tzipi Livni
Fact
You
See
" I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature. "
Tzipi Livni
Own
Be Different
I Am
" You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control. "
Tzipi Livni
Recognition
Name
You
" I worked in the Mossad for a few years. "
Tzipi Livni
Years
Worked
Few
" Radical Islamist terror is a crime against the entire free world, including against Israel. "
Tzipi Livni
Crime
Against
Free