Ariel Sharon

“We will make a supreme effort to descale the conflict and to achieve a ceasefire that will last for a long time.”

“You cannot have a Jewish state with a majority of Palestinians.”

“The settlements are Israel's security.”

“Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.”

“We have to see the situation for what it is, not what we want it to be.”

“I don't know something called international pressure. I know the pressure of the Jewish people.”

“The war on terror is not over. The war on terror is the war of the free world against the world of terror.”

“It's my job to see that Israel is safe.”

“All of us have to do everything to be free.”

“I'm not a person who will be pushed to a corner.”

“I can't say that I'm a pacifist.”

“The day I am not campaigning is the day I am no longer a politician.”