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" 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

" You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control. "

" An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don't change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army. "

" What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.' "

" There is a mutual interest between Israel and the United States of America. It is more than friendship - it is friendship plus mutual interest, and it is bipartisan. "

Tzipi Livni

America

Friendship

" I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society. "

" I may have been born in Tel Aviv, but my umbilical cord emerges from the Temple Mount. "

" As leaders, we in Israel must take into account the concerns of diaspora Jewry. Israel is strong enough to take criticism from within the family of Jews who say, 'OK, we disapprove of Israeli policy, but we stand firm for Israel.' "

" You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery! "

" Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society. "

" The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic. "

" The role of a leader is to create a reality and not to be influenced by polls. "

" We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy. "

" 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. "

" My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions. "

Tzipi Livni

Husband

Institutions

" When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children. "

" I believe most of the public should be involved in the election of the leadership. "

" The last thing that Israel needs is to be part of the internal agenda in the United States between Republicans and Democrats. "

" Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates. "

" I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers. "

" Supporting the war on terror is not an anti-Palestinian act. It is anti-terror. "

" My ideology is not connected to the Palestinians. "

" On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel. "

" I hate the idea that talking security is Likud and right wing, and talking about peace is left wing and Labor and Kadima. The whole idea is to find a way to bridge: to find a way to have security and peace together. "

" I want Israel to have borders. For that, I need a map. I need a map on which our borders are specified. "

" There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory. "

" A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple. "

" The attitude of 'every nation unto itself' is a destructive one for the future of Israel. "

" Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses. "

" The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy. "