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.

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

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected. Sometimes the type of person from the old machine, who is everything but an appealing figure, happens to win an election. But democracy applies to everyone, not just the noble and the clever.

Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.

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

A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But they also exist in France - just think of Le Pen - and even in Finland and Sweden.