Yitzhak Rabin Quotes
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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We did not think that Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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The world is no longer against us.
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Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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There's nothing harder than defining oneself.
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I don't pretend that I can imagine myself as a Palestinian.
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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
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We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.
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Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people.
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I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.
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A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.