It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.
Yitzhak RabinThe use of force, including beatings, undoubtedly has brought about the impact we wanted - strengthening the [occupied] population's fear of the Israeli Defense Forces.
Yitzhak RabinWe must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
Yitzhak RabinI considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us.
Yitzhak RabinI'm not saying Christopher Pyne and all them are my enemies, they're great blokes, shouted me a few beers a couple of times which I like, it's - we have got to sit down with the people like that. We have got to sit down with people like that and negotiate and work our way through. If we don't do that then we're just going to continue the sins of the past.
Yitzhak Rabin