Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Tzipi Livni - Page 2

The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic.

I resent the idea that Israel is part of the political agenda in United States' campaigns, really.

Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core democratic principles and abandon the use of force as a political tool. Or they can maintain armed terrorist militias in order to threaten their neighbors and intimidate their people. The international community should not allow them to do both.

The real danger is a politics that buries its head in the sand.

I have come to fight for peace, and I will not give my hand to those who try to turn the word 'peace' into a dirty one.

It's not enough to speak loudly and confidently. You have to know how to get the world on your side, to accept Israel's ideas of security and defending its interests. Netanyahu does not know how to do this.

When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a U.N. Security Council decision that speaks of an embargo on weapons transfers to Hezbollah.

If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it.

Sinai is demilitarized in accordance with the Israel-Egypt peace agreement.

Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired upon, which is a good thing.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Radical Islamist terror is a crime against the entire free world, including against Israel.

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator.

Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates.

The Israeli people deserve better than a life in between rounds of violence.

The right to love is granted to anyone.

Without strong Arab backing, it will be hard, if not impossible, for a Palestinian leader to reach peace with Israel.

As leaders, we in Israel must take into account the concerns of diaspora Jewry. Israel is strong enough to take criticism from within the family of Jews who say, 'OK, we disapprove of Israeli policy, but we stand firm for Israel.'

I hate the idea that talking security is Likud and right wing, and talking about peace is left wing and Labor and Kadima. The whole idea is to find a way to bridge: to find a way to have security and peace together.

Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.

There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology.

Israel has a problem not because of the perception that the entire world is against us, but because of the government's problematic policies.

Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy.

Wars are not a choice we make for no reason.

When we distinguish between Israel's right to defend itself and settlements, then we legitimize its security needs; when we distinguish between isolated settlements and the blocs, then we legitimize the settlement blocs.

I know that Israeli soldiers will do everything they can in order to avoid loss of innocent life.

I want Israel to have borders. For that, I need a map. I need a map on which our borders are specified.

In general, I don't like formality at all.

Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting agreements signed by former governments.

The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism.

Being an Israeli is to know that you have risen from the ashes of those who were killed and knowing you have a responsibility for the coming generations.

When I was young, I went to the Sinai and worked as a waitress.

I don't question any American president in terms of his commitment to the security of the state of Israel.

I believe most of the public should be involved in the election of the leadership.

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.

We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy.

The capacity to influence radical groups can diminish significantly once they are viewed as indispensable coalition partners and are able to intimidate the electorate with the authority of the state behind them.

Corbyn's words imply a serious lack of moral judgement. Just as all Muslims are not to blame for ISIS, not all Brits are to blame for [Jeremy] Corbyn.

Israel demonstrated real hooliganism during the course of the recent operation, which I demanded.

I believe that history is not made by cynics. It is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people.

I understand the sentiments of the Palestinians when they see the settlements being built. The meaning from the Palestinian perspective is that Israel takes more land, that the Palestinian state will be impossible, the Israel policy is to take more and more land day after day and that at the end of the day we’ll say that it is impossible, we already have the land and cannot create the state.

You must use force against terrorism.

I for one do not negotiate with Hamas and believe it is a mistake to do so.