If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

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

In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.

Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness and polemics to a very high level.

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

I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U.N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.