Quotes from Tzipi Livni

I have come to fight for peace, and I will not give my hand to those who try to turn the word 'peace' into a dirty one.

When it comes to matters of religion and state, Bayit Yehudi is more extreme than the ultra-Orthodox.

I may have been born in Tel Aviv, but my umbilical cord emerges from the Temple Mount.

There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory.

Supporting the war on terror is not an anti-Palestinian act. It is anti-terror.

Radical Islamist terror is a crime against the entire free world, including against Israel.

If Syria wants to be part of the international community, there are some conditions that they have to meet. And the first one is to stop embracing the terrorism.

The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism.

The reason for the blockade on Gaza was not to punish the Palestinians but to continue to delegitimize Hamas.

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.

Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what.

Something that truly frustrates me is the impression in Israel that when you are talking about security, you are bold; you are tough: this is what we need against all the enemies that we have. And when someone is talking about peace, you know, it's the naive left wing, soft.

I hate the idea that talking security is Likud and right wing, and talking about peace is left wing and Labor and Kadima. The whole idea is to find a way to bridge: to find a way to have security and peace together.

In general, I don't like formality at all.

Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired upon, which is a good thing.

The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims.

The right to love is granted to anyone.

Israel's security doctrine is not that Israel must invade every place from which a threat to Israel emanates.

You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control.

Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings.

There is the worldview of Greater Israel, the worldview of settlements: to send citizens to live in those places. That's not about security; that's not about the army. That's about an ideology that believes we need to stay in all of the Land of Israel. I don't share that ideology.

Radical groups can become legitimate political players in the democratic process if they accept core democratic principles and abandon the use of force as a political tool. Or they can maintain armed terrorist militias in order to threaten their neighbors and intimidate their people. The international community should not allow them to do both.

Politically, the ultraorthodox represent a small portion of the Israeli society.

If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it.