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I cannot agree that a terrorist can ever be an idealist, or that the objects sought can ever justify terrorism. The impact of terrorism, not merely on individual nations, but on humanity as a whole, is intrinsically evil, necessarily evil and wholly evil.

Benjamin Netanyahu

No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him — until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands.
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Complain Deliver Grievance Hand Redressing Satisfy
If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.
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Country Let Normal Treated
I think that a strong Israel is the only Israel that will bring the Arabs to the peace table.
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Country Peace Strong Thinking
The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.
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Country Palestinian People
I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There’s a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel’s law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.
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Commitment Country Law
I don’t know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.
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Army Avoid Incidental War
Israel has to accommodate the Palestinian demands and aspirations for ending occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. That is the only answer.
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Aspiration Demand Ending Establishment Independent
The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it’s the only one that makes the other virtues possible.
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Eternal Used Vigilance Virtue
There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by the importance of colonialism in Europe’s past.
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Country Europe Past Years
The history of warfare has not yet enabled any army, any civilized army, the army of a democracy like Israel, to be able to deal with a ruthless terrorist enemy that uses civilians as a human shield without having some incidental civilian casualties.
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Army Clear Enemy Making Nuclear Program
I don’t want a single state. And I talked about two states where a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes the Jewish state, and I stand by that. I haven’t retracted my position; I haven’t changed it.
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Demilitarized States Two Want
Some will criticize me no matter what I do.
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Criticize Matter Some
Populism is dangerous.
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Country Dangerous Populism
What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren’t stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method.
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Country Irrationality Madness Method Thinking
Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be.
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Leader Ought Reality See
The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat.
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Country Purpose States

I cannot agree that a terrorist can ever be an idealist, or that the objects sought can ever justify terrorism. The impact of terrorism, not merely on individual nations, but on humanity as a whole, is intrinsically evil, necessarily evil and wholly evil.

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I cannot agree that a terrorist can ever be an idealist, or that the objects sought can ever justify terrorism. The impact of terrorism, not merely on individual nations, but on humanity as a whole, is intrinsically evil, necessarily evil and wholly evil.

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