Ehud Barak quotes

The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace'... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with. (Ehud Barak)
There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. View quote
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Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. View quote
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Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table. View quote
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Life-sustaining Zionism and the seeds of fascism cannot live together. View quote
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This government needs to be brought down before it brings all of us down, there are no serious leaders left in the world who believe the Israeli government. View quote
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I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. View quote
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If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. View quote
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If I were a Palestinian at the right age, I would have joined one of the terrorist organizations at a certain stage...The actions of the Palestinian terrorist organizations, which harm women and children, are grave, despicable and heinous. View quote
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What has happened is a hostile takeover of the Israeli government by dangerous elements. And it's just the beginning. View quote
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We want peace, but not at any price. (Ehud Barak)
I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. View quote
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In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. View quote
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I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres. View quote
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I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. View quote
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I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. View quote
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["DONALDSON: But on Friday, you were very pessimistic. You said, "No good," when someone asked you how things were going."] No, I'm saying even now, if I have to summarize the situation - in one word it's good, in two words, not good. View quote
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