I am leaving the office but am not leaving the battle for peace.

Israel is moving from the realm of poetry to the realm of prose.

I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.

I don't know what is stronger or what is weaker.The whole language of strength and weaknesses is irrelevant,because when you use arms you do not use ballots, and public opinion is unimportant, and they shoot at their opponents.

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.

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)

The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it is not repeated and to ensure we never go back to the days when humans behaved as beasts. Forgetfulness is a menace, we must remember.