Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

It's a morality that keeps humans human.

Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.

I cannot go to elections with an open stomach. If you want to negotiate we have to conclude it before the elections. I cannot just start the negotiations [with Palestinians] saying we are ready to do this and that and not having any reply.

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

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.