Ariel Sharon Quotes on Government (13 Quotes)

Israel is prepared to make painful concessions for a true peace. However, the government under my leadership will not be seduced into believing false promises which will endanger the security of the state of Israel,

They (United States) want to cooperate very closely with my government,

The new government would have to complete the campaign against terror, remove the terrorist leadership and create conditions for the emergence of a new Palestinian leadership with which it will be possible to make real peace,

On behalf of the government and the state of Israel, I would like to express condolences on the passing of Pope John Paul II, and to share in the mourning of millions of Christians and believers in both the state of Israel and around the Christian world. Pope John Paul II was a man of peace and a friend of the Jewish people, who was familiar with the uniqueness of the Jewish people and who worked for an historic reconciliation between the peoples and for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican in late 1993. ...Yesterday, the world lost one of the most important leaders of our generation, whose great contribution to rapprochement and unity between peoples, understanding and tolerance will be with us for many years.

What 6,000 bombs (attacks by Palestinians) didn't do to my home and my village the government did.

Arafat is looking for (an) excuse not to proceed with negotiations, though he knows exactly that the (Israeli) government is ready to move forward and to implement the second phase of withdrawal (from the West Bank),

Then I will quit. We will go. All the Labor Party. We'll move out of this government.

First, the guidelines and policy from the government won't change second, the strategy plans taken with the United States will be respected third, the budget will pass and stay as planned,

The disengagement has set out its way, ... The government decided today that, by the end of 2005, Israel intends to leave the Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in Samaria.

The demographic fear already has concrete policy implications Sharon's government is encouraging Jewish immigration from the United States, France and the former Soviet Union, while seeking to block the entrance of non-Jews to Israel. The cabinet recently approved a bill that will make it harder for Palestinians to gain Israeli citizenship through marriage. When the cabinet put a temporary halt to such family reunifications ... We should not hide behind security arguments. There is a need for a Jewish state.

This is a government in panic. The matters are too serious to be decided in a meeting in the middle of the night.

The new movement we are setting up today will serve the people of Israel for many years ... Our path will give Israel real hope ... for stable government, prosperity, quiet and peace.

for a better government, for better security for Israeli citizens, for a better peace process.