In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism.

We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is.

You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea.

When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.