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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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"You still can't find Israel on a map of the Middle East in a Palestinian schoolbook."
"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."
"Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security."
"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."
"Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map."
"I think Israel will think one thousands times before invading Gaza."
"Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic."
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"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."
"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."
"We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient."
"It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either."
"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."
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