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Quotes by Israeli Authors
"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."
"Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse."
"The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years."
"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence."
"I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant."
"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime."
"That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two."
"There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air."
"After Lockerbie, everyone thought, now we've learned the lesson of how to be proactive instead of being reactive. Unfortunately, September 11 came and we know the result. Thousands of people lost their lives. Security totally failed, not at one airport, at three different airports around the country."
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
"We know that the airports are not protected as they should be protected. The terminals are public areas, wide open - anyone can go and walk at any terminal he wants."
"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."
"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."
"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."
"Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world."
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."
"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom."
"They can argue whatever they want. The problem is, when you interview every passenger, during the interviews you are looking for - you profile - you do profiling, to find the suspicious ones and put them out from the rest of the passengers."
"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."
"We have an illusion of security, we don't have security."
"When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist."
"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either."
"Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all."
"We can just assume they have much more and powerful, more advanced technology, all the new computers, everything could be much more easier and help them to build much more and many more nuclear weapons."
"We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory."
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