“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.”

Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.

Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.

You know, I said in the U.N., I said to President Abbas, “Look, we’re in the same city, we’re in the same building, for God’s sake, the U.N. Let ‘s just sit down and begin to talk peace.”

Everything should be done to prevent Iran, the world’s most dangerous regime, from developing the world’s most dangerous weapons.

The Israeli aggression on Gaza does not bring peace to Israel. We know that. We want end of occupation.

I don’t want to govern the Palestinians. I don’t want them as subjects of Israel or as citizens of Israel. I want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state.

Intelligence is a critical thing.

You don’t have people chanting ‘Death to America’ in Israel.

Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders.

The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith.

Israel is doing what any other country would do, and certainly the U.S. would do. If 80 percent of your population were under fire and you had 60 seconds or 90 seconds to get into bomb shelters.

Some will criticize me no matter what I do.

The only good thing I can say about the deal with Iran is that it brought the Arab states and Israel closer together.

Israel has done enormous amount of, for peace. I myself have done things that no prime minister previously had done.

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

Immigrants from Ethiopia and their families are dear to us and Israel is making great efforts to ease their integration in society.

Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.

If you’re working 50 hours a week to try to maintain family income, and your children have the kinds of aspirations that come from being flooded with television from age one, and associations have declined, people end up hopeless, even though they have every option.

This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.

Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.

Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more.

The bottom line for Republicans is this: The United States can have an open door without having open borders, but we cannot preserve the country we love by slamming that door in the faces of those who most aspire to join our nation.

Your desire for involvement with the world of means when Allah has withdrawn you from it is a fall from high aspiration.

Responsibility to yourself means that you don’t fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.