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" The fundamental interest - long-range strategic interest - of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state. "

Ehud Olmert

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Doubt

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" As a citizen of a democratic state, I have always believed that when a prime minister is elected in Israel, even those who voted against him at the polls are obligated to desire his success. "

" When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future. "

" I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus. "

" I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail. "

" For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious. "

" A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues. "

" It's a problem sometimes when you speak to journalists. They quote you, and then they read what they wrote, and then they even explain it. It's dangerous. "

" Israel is prepared for a compromise. The majority of Israelis understand this compromise will be serious, will be meaningful, and will be painful. "

" If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip. "

" Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? "

" My doctors say I am very healthy. "

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Very

" Promoting tolerance and human dignity is one of mankind's unfinished challenges. "

" I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish democratic state - and we have to make this choice, it is inevitable - then my choice is a Jewish democratic country. "

" I love my country more than anything else. "

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Than

" I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that. "

" Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel. "

" When armed people from Hamas and armed people from Fatah are standing opposite each other, there is more likely to be a confrontation amongst them. "

" In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions. "

" Barack Obama's journey to the White House has impressed and inspired the entire world. "

" Israel stands proudly at the forefront of international achievement. The world's leading corporations - Google, Intel and Motorola, to name but a few - maintain research and development facilities here, and our technology start-ups continue to be acquired by the likes of AOL, eBay and IBM. "

" We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then. "

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" When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything. "

" I have found myself under a wave of investigation and criticism from the moment I was elected. Since my first days in the Prime Minister's Office I have had to fight against evil attacks while I have been busy making decisions on crucial matters related to Israel's security and existence. "

" How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. "

" I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired. "