Quotes from Reuven Rivlin

The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side.

We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.

The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is not a contradiction.

The Knesset was right to limit the president's tenure to seven years.

It can't be 'occupied territory' if the land is your own.

Terror is terror is terror, and it doesn't matter what nationality that terror belongs to.

There is one thing on which Arik will make no concessions: terrorism.

We are not fighting against the Palestinian people, and we are not at war with Islam. We are fighting against terrorism.

I want to thank the American people - on both sides of the aisle - for years of financial, diplomatic, and military support, and for helping us carry the burden of defense.

A friendship between Germany and Israel didn't always seem natural.

A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own.

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

All humanity share a common future, and we must work to try and shape it together. This is our duty, and it is our responsibility to our children and grandchildren.

Our ideals are under the constant threat of extremism, whether in the form of radical Muslim groups or the emergence of other elements seeking to deny the rights and freedoms of others.

The politicization of the presidency would pose a real threat to the institution and its function.

Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life.

We have many candidates, like in reality television, but we don't really have a leader.

Jerusalem should not tolerate any religious war.

What happens in one region affects people across the world.

Peres came with a worldview. I also came with a worldview that I have not abandoned and that guides me still.

There is a difficulty in combating the type of terror that is perpetrated by groups of radical Jews. It's terror from within, and it is difficult to bring these perpetrators to justice; we need to create tools in order to combat this style of terrorism.

Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'

In the end, Arik believes in security above all and is a salient pragmatist, a disciple of Ben-Gurion.