Statesman Quotes

In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other.

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

I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.

I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.

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

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

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

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are.

Freedom is a universal value.

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

War would end if the dead could return.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves.

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.