When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.

I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.

If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.

It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.

There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.

I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.

The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in it, and to tell the world how - what kind of underdog they are.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

We want peace, but not at any price.

I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

Ladies and gentlemen, the relevant question is not when Iran will get the bomb. The relevant question is at what stage can we no longer stop Iran from getting the bomb.

The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilities are the only nuclear installations that we can definitely see and credibly target.

Yes, the world is short of perfect.

History never repeats itself in the same way.

You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it.

Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting not just out of might, but also out of right.

In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.

Assad wanted Israel to capitulate in advance to all his demands. Only then would he agree to enter into substantive negotiations. I couldn't agree to this.

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative.

I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world.

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

I fought against Palestinians. I saw them.

I don't hate people. I just accept missions.

The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.

I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door.

I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely.

I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does.

Israel cannot afford to be duped.

Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv?

The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing.

I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel.

Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival.

There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.

I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in.

I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.

One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves.

I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.

Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.

I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements.

I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong.

With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.

If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party.

Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.

Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.

Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the destruction of an Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad in 1981. This action delayed an Iraqi bomb by at least 15 years. The whole world condemned Israel - only to realize later how farsighted it had been.