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It is the duty of all and of all the parties involved to continue believing in peace and to do our utmost to attain peace in our region.

— Ezer Weizman

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If you don't keep giving the Arabs a bloody nose from time to time, the Arab balloon will blow up. We are going to live like this, hacking at each other, for some time to come.

The peace process is the most important process that has surfaced since the establishment of the Jewish state. And we are now in its very midst.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

Today's Israel, with its large influx of immigrants, its economic momentum, the peace accords, should and can reclaim its position as the predominant cultural center of the Jewish people.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

Do I have to preach to my children that I have the right to the land of Israel only where there are no Arabs? Or do I preach to my children that I have a right to this land because it is mine of right?

We respect our neighboring countries and the culture that surrounds us, and we wish to take up our position among them, but in our own way and with allegiance to our values and culture.

Speech at the Bundestag and Bundesrat of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)

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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

Woodrow Wilson

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

George Washington

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