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"We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel."
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"The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200."

"So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel."

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

"You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook."

"Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap."

"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."

"I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza."
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"Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that."

"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."

"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."

"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse."

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."

"I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively."
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