Quotes from Ayelet Shaked

We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.

I was right wing in my outlook from a very early age, and during my service in the army, which is a melting pot, I was introduced to religious Zionism. I connected with that circle of people on an ideological basis.

I went to study electronic engineering and computer science because I was good at math and my father told me it is a very good profession. And so I did it, although it wasn't really my passion. Then I went to work at Texas Instruments.

I don't think a country needs to bypass diplomacy, they don't need to attack us under the radar.

I have been to Holot. I think it's a very good place, very dignified with very good conditions.

We witness anti-Semitic attacks in the heart of Europe. We hear anti-Semitic slanders in European media. We feel anti-Semitic hatred in the continent that should have learned the lesson.

They say that I'm very calculated and not very sensitive - that a regular, average person, there are many things that bother them, and I don't see or feel it.

Anyone who has followed my work knows that I'm an advocate of reducing the power of the High Court of Justice, according to the principle of separation of powers.

The issue of prohibiting pardons shouldn't be a political one, but a legal and moral one that relates to the details of the specific case before the court.

We in the Jewish Home party talk all the time about how Judea and Samaria are our homeland and they are part of Israel, so we are there to stay.

From a constitutional point of view there is an advantage to democracy and it must be balanced and the Supreme Court should be given another constitutional tool that will also give power to Judaism.

I remember when I was very young, perhaps 8-years old, I saw a debate between Shimon Peres and Yitzchak Shamir and I really liked Shamir. So I think since then, even though I was just a child, I've considered myself right-wing.

Heading the ideological Right is more important than being in the Likud.

Britain has national honor. It would not have allowed Israel to meddle in its internal affairs.

Zionism needn't continue, and won't continue, to bow its head to a system of individual rights interpreted in a universal way.

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

Israel is not an anarchy.

The route of the train of Israeli justice must take into account the Jewishness of the state.

I'd like to see the haredim become part of the Israeli society.

There is no contradiction between the fact that Israel has full personal equality of citizenship but extends national rights only to the Jewish people.

The Kurds are an ancient, democratic, peace-loving people that have never attacked any country.

The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its bite. But I will also not allow it to eat away at the legal authority of the legislative and executive branches. We must find the formula for the right balance between the branches.

No one was talking about a two-state solution until the '90s, then it became an acceptable solution.

Naftali Bennett and I have a method in life: We believe in seizing opportunities.