"We only want peace, but if the Arabs want war, they will get war."

"When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons."

"I am not a dove. I am a Jew."

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. You can't stop the plane, you can't stop the storm, you can't stop time. So one might as well accept it …"

"I never did anything alone. Whatever I did, I did with the people."