Ehud Olmert Quotes

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Ehud Olmert

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 30, 1945

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.

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A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

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There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.

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There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

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I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

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For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

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I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.

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I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission.

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I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

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My doctors say I am very healthy.

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The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.

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Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?

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I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.

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Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

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Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.

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Peace is important for Israel.

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Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

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Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel.

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I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

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I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.

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