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Frustration is not a work plan.
In moments of pain, we seek revenge.
When did America forget that it's America?
Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.
Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.
It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.
Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
Free nations generally look for ways to deal with dictators amicably.
In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.
There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.
You can't teach a monkey to speak and you can't teach an Arab to be democratic.
An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.
Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.
There are no innocents in Gaza. Mow them down kill the Gazans without thought or mercy.
As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.
The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.
In dictatorships you need courage to fight evil; in the free world you need courage to see evil.
When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.
A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.
We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.
I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.
The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.
My theory is that security - also against terror - can only be accomplished through global democratization.
The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages, only then will Israel be calm for the next 40 years.
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.
Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.
There are no innocents in Gaza, don't let any diplomats who want to look good in the world endanger your lives - mow them down!
Gaza will become part of sovereign Israel and will be populated by Jews. This will also serve to ease the housing crisis in Israel
Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people.
Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make your country democratic.
The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you.
To go again over the history of the struggle of resistance ... and to think 'Where are all these people today Where is the KGB' is very inspiring
As an Israeli, I have come to understand: there is no way to love Israel and reject a two-state peace, no way to love Israel and reject Palestine.
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.
On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.
You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.
It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible.
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.
To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.
Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.
They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who hears a voice of freedom, a voice I heard from the very chamber of my soul.