We came in as a wind of peace and we are determined to do so, ... We didn't come in for power and we didn't come in for cover. We came in for a new initiative, and we are very serious and very determined to achieve it.
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That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.
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He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible.
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We are talking about human rights, ... The first human right is to remain alive, and Israel is in danger. We are exercising the most important human right.
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All of the cowards who try to scare us every day have no right to speak. We weren't afraid for five decades and we won't be afraid of idle threats now.
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