I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.
Ariel SharonBut there's one thing we are not going to compromise at all: when it comes to security of Israeli citizens and the State of Israel, there are not going to be any compromises - not now and not in the future.
Ariel SharonEverybody has to move, run and grab as many [Palestinian] hilltops as they can to enlarge the [Jewish] settlements because everything we take now will stay ours... Everything we don't grab will go to them.
Ariel SharonIsrael 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.
Ariel SharonPeople need to know why we, as the Jewish people, have a right to be here. We need to tell people what we are doing here... My tourism guidebook is the Bible.
Ariel SharonPeace 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.
Ariel Sharon