Quotes from Ariel Sharon

I wouldn't go so far to say that destiny preserves me. I managed to survive and to succeed.

The great question of our day is whether we, the Jewish people of Israel, can find within us the will to survive as a nation.

If cars and buses were attacked daily by petrol bombs or stones for 16 months in Washington, could you imagine it would be tolerated? It would not, because in the name of democracy, to preserve democracy, steps would be taken.

I have worries, but in difficult times, that is when I am quiet.

I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

The Jewish people remember the dramatic vote in the U.N. Assembly on November 29, 1947, when representatives of the nations recognized our right to national revival in our historic homeland.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

When I was born here on one of the farms in Israel, my childhood, I never thought for one day that we will not be living together with Arabs.

The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.

Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

Netanyahu is pressured easily, gets into a panic, and loses his senses... to run a country like Israel a leader needs to have reason and judgment and nerves of steel, two traits he does not have.

We have built cities, developed industry and cultivated agriculture - we have transformed the State of Israel into an example and symbol for many other countries in the world.

As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.

I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division of Jerusalem.

I believe that the Jewish state will exist forever.

One generation after another is drifting away from anything Jewish.

The right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel does not mean disregarding the rights of others in the land.

Jerusalem is the holiest place for the Jewish people.

I don't think I have accomplished what I still have to accomplish. There is one thing that I would like to do, and that's to bring security and peace to the Jewish people.

The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.

If I have to advise our brothers in France, I'll tell them one thing - move to Israel, as early as possible. I say that to Jews all around the world, but there I think it's a must and they have to move immediately.

I am working on the assumption that in the future there will be no Jews in Gaza.