"I am not interested in the gratitude of the world. I am interested in the survival of my people."

"The Jewish people have a right to live in their own land, in their own state, like any other people."

"I’m not a woman who likes to cry, but I have cried a lot in my life."

"If we have to choose between being wise and being foolish, we'd rather be wise."

"Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!"