[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.

The minute you try to threaten and use boycotts I think it is outside the democratic perception.

President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.

Some experts advise what to do in accordance with the past, but the past flew away, and we have to reorient ourselves in the face of new dangers.

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make.

If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat.