Ehud Olmert Quotes
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Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.
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Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.
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Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.
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I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.
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A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.
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My doctors say I am very healthy.
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If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses, and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights (also for the Palestinians in the territories), then, as soon as that happens, the State of Israel is finished.
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I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.
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Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.
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Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?
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Peace is important for Israel.
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When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.
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There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.
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We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want that we will be able to live in an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies.
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We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple of [miles] from [Tel Aviv's] Ben-Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers.
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How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together.
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The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.
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I know I'm unpopular.
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I don't want to block every contact with the Palestinians, I think that would be a mistake, and I think that Abu Mazen has an independent status as democratically elected head of the Palestinian people, and it's important if I will talk with him.
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I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission.
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I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
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For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.
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When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.
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There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.
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Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.
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It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.
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Every prime minister... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.
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I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.
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Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.
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I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.
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