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Quotes by Leader

"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."

"It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."

"The most important thing in our war preparations is to teach all our people to hate U.S. imperialism."

"Citizenship consists in the service of the country."

"So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime."

"Sleep is the best meditation."

"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so."

"Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising."

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."
Want,

"I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?"
Want,

"Many of you think about your childhood and particularly about things that did not work out. Forget that and instead think of what you have achieved and what you aspire to do in the times to come.""

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."

"It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life."

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets."

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

"Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money."

"No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive."

"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."

"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not."
Risk,

"I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself, this is hungry Jesus, I must feed him. This is sick Jesus. This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him and tend to him. I serve becuase I love Jesus."

"Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws."

"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."

"Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed."

"Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life."

"Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse."
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