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" What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job? "
Ehud Olmert
Who
Being
Job
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" It is impossible to think of a world in which America was not there in the honorable service of humanity. "
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" A bloc of states is emerging that understands that they may have been wrong to think that Israel is the world's greatest problem. "
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" Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country. "
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" Abu Mazen has got to do only one thing: to fight terror. That's what he needs to do. "
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" I want to separate from the Palestinians. I want them to have their independent, separate state on a contiguous territory, and I want Israel to exist, of course, as a Jewish state in its own territory, as an independent state in its own territory. The Palestinian state, the Israeli state, separate. This is my dream. "
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" Saudi Arabia is the country that in the end will determine the ability of the Arabs to reach a compromise with Israel. "
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" Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror. "
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" The enemies of peace have not disappeared. "
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" The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that. "
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" Peace is important for Israel. "
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" I can tell you that if I'd had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis - which I have not - he would be very surprised to hear what I have to say. "
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Say
You
" The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace. "
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King
Peace
" Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable. "
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Abu
Strengthen
" The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders. "
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United
Influence
Beyond
" Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people. "
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Quality
Help
" The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process. "
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World
Building
" If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip. "
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Remain
Will
" I don't expect to be coddled, but I'm also a human being. "
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Expect
Also
Being
" I believe that there is no path other than the path of peace. "
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Path
Peace
" I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired. "
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Feel
Tired
" I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries. "
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Pathetic
Understand
" When public figures write memoirs, there is always some indecision regarding how much they want to write of things as they were and how much they want to cut corners to avoid riling up others. I decided to write my memoirs exactly as they were, and I will not digress - not when things are ill at ease and not when they are comfortable. "
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Want
Will
" In my position as prime minister, I bear the highest responsibility for decisions. "
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" 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. "
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" Historic scores cannot be settled, and scars cannot be obliterated. "
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Settled
Scores
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Am
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