We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.

We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.

Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map.

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

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God used words to create this planet, so be careful with them.

There is a great gulf between the really creative person and normal people. The totally creative person does not have the rest of his life in proper proportion.

Florida is a crazy place, and I have played some of the wildest shows of my life here.

I've got around 400 cookbooks.

So basically, I graduated high school a semester early.

I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.

A compassionate soul is inner beauty.

God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt.

there are times when you have to speak because silence is betrayal.