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" The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace. "

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" Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier. "

" I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region. "

" You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket. "

" Terror cannot be finished by one war. "

" A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. "

" Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living. "

" In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel. "

" Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference. "

" I don't believe that in the name of the holiness of the city you have to put barbed wires, machine gun nests, mine pins and everything of that, in the name of the holiness of Jerusalem. "

" Give peace a chance. "

" Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security. "

" It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement. "

" Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation. "

" As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace. "

" In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate. "

" I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state. "

" No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence. "

" In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. "

" Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities. "

" Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people. "

" Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again. "

" I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "

" We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. "

" As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States. "

" I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past. "

" We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror. "

" I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister. "