I don't pretend that I can imagine myself as a Palestinian.

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.

I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.

It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.

I don't see any reason to discriminate against homosexuals.

Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.

The world is no longer against us.

I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.

Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier.

There's nothing harder than defining oneself.