Ariel Sharon
I do know that Syria never will recognize Lebanon as an independent country, and the declaration of independence of Lebanon took place in 1943. Syria never - Syria never have recognized Lebanon. They regard Lebanon as part of Syria.Collection: Independence
The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.Collection: Independence
I cannot say that the attitude of the United Nations always is for the Israeli attitude. Israel, I think, has been under severe attacks by members of the United Nations many times.Collection: Attitude
Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.Collection: Religion
The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.Collection: Sad
For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people.Collection: Peace
To the citizens of Israel, I say: we have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcame them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace.Collection: Peace
I am working on the assumption that in the future there will be no Jews in Gaza.Collection: Future
Israel is an independent country with a large army, and it has the ability to do what it thinks is right.
Every leaving of a Jewish community is a most difficult thing.
The great question of our day is whether we, the Jewish people of Israel, can find within us the will to survive as a nation.
Political life is like a big wheel: constantly turning. At times you are up, at times down. But always, the wheel keeps moving.
I prefer to stay with Likud. I think I have to be in the party I managed to build.
No one wants to be beaten, even myself.
The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Every Jew has the right to ascend onto the Temple Mount.
David Ben-Gurion understood that the public's trust is given to a leader in order to lead, determine clear goals and make difficult decisions. The fate of the people and the good of the state guided him, not polls, media treatment or measures of prestige.
I have always maintained that the only group I belong to consists of my family, my wife Lily, my mother, my sons Omri and Gilad.
I believe orders should be obeyed, but sometimes you have to think about the orders you get.
I established the Likud to serve a national idea and provide hope to the people of Israel, but it unfortunately can no longer do that.
Even the sheep are afraid of me.
You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.
I have worries, but in difficult times, that is when I am quiet.
I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields.
My strength never came from political echelons, it came from the family. And from the fields and the lands and the flowers and everything I see there. My strength came from there.
Close to 80 percent of all terrorist activity in Samaria was directed and financed either by Hizbullah or the Iranians. Iran continues to increase its involvement in terror attacks inside Israel, particularly through a small but radical minority of Israeli Arabs which Iran supports and directs.
Israel is a society governed by the rule of law.
I believe that Israel is much stronger than many of its leaders.
We have learned a long time ago that one cannot compromise with terrorists.
Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.
There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.
The Palestinians have arrived at the conclusion that nothing can be achieved using terror.
The Palestinians should have understood by now that what they haven't gotten today they won't be given tomorrow.
A day will come when other Israelis will be launched into space in the service of science and progress. For them and for us, Ilan Ramon will always be a source of inspiration as Israel's space pioneer, and his memory will be engraved in our hearts forever.
Arabs have the right to visit everywhere in the Land of Israel, and Jews have the right to visit every place in the Land of Israel.
Israel, an embattled democracy, has been fighting terrorism for over 100 years.
In times of peace, just as today in our fight against terror, the United States and Israel stand together.
Arafat is the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.
In all of my possessions, in all moments, whether hard or happy, I was accompanied by my dear wife, Lilly, who supported me wholeheartedly.
There is a deep-felt desire among the people to stand firmly together in dealing with the challenges of the future.
The power of a person derives not from the office he occupies but from a clear sense of direction and aspiration and from a willingness to struggle for his ways and beliefs.
I have absolute faith in the correctness of my course.
Abu Mazen understands that it is impossible to vanquish Israel by means of terrorism.
One has to view things realistically.
If there is ever to be an end to the conflict, the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people's right to a homeland and the existence of an independent Jewish state in the homeland of the Jewish people.
I call on the Western democracies and primarily on the leader of the free world, the United States: Do not repeat the dreadful mistake of 1938, when enlightened European democracies decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia for a convenient temporary solution... Israel will not be Czechoslovakia.
I was born in the Land of Israel, the son of pioneers - people who tilled the land and sought no fights - who did not come to Israel to dispossess its residents.
The right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel does not mean disregarding the rights of others in the land.
The Jewish people remember the dramatic vote in the U.N. Assembly on November 29, 1947, when representatives of the nations recognized our right to national revival in our historic homeland.
When it comes to matters of war and peace, we must not act rashly.