I don't want to govern the Palestinians. I don't want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

[The decision to travel to Washington and deliver the speech] has injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship

I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.

Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.

The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible.

We wanted peace and we wanted to come to terms with the Israelis.

Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.