I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.

I don't care what the American people think, I own the congress!

Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.

If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.

Arabs may have the oil, but we have the matches.

One must remember that the Jews have one, tiny country, the only place they have the right and capability to defend themselves by themselves. And it is our duty and my responsibility to see that we will never compromise about that.

Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.