We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary. They want a gradual coup. If Orbán stayed in power in Hungary or if Kaczynski were to win an election in our country, it would be dangerous. Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.

As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.

If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.

I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.