Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. ”

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. ”

The aim of the Palestinian terror is not just to kill Israelis but also to break the will of Israeli society in order to dictate a political solution. Israel should never yield to this terror campaign. ”

I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. ”

Israel's secret services are allowed to profile. ”

As long as in this territory west of the Jordan river there is only one political entity called Israel, it is going to be either non-Jewish or non-democratic. If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Personally, I would never criticise a player in public. ”

It should be remembered that the president cannot, by executive order, do things that affects the public at large unless there is some Congressional basis for it. ”