Quotes from Benny Gantz

After Operation Protective Edge, I visited every one of the bereaved families. Religious and secular, rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jews and non-Jews.

I don't want to separate religion and state, I want to settle it.

There's no shame in longing for peace.

I recommend voting Blue and White, but I respect any decision.

In many ways, my life has begun before I was born. It began in the moment my mother Malka walked out of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

I can't consider the Fifth Dimension to be a success story.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

We cannot separate Judaism from the Jewish State; we have to decide how to live with it.

In the harsh and violent Middle East surrounding us, there is no mercy for the weak. Only the strong survive!

I always said my favorite position was company commander in the Paratroop Brigade.

Will we forever live by our sword? We definitely will live with our sword. I don't think our children or grandchildren won't be soldiers. We must make efforts to try and not live only by our sword, but we will always be with a sword.

Throughout our history, our fight for survival and freedom has been empowered by a secret weapon: Our unity.

It bothers me when I look at Israeli society, on the divisiveness in it, and to polarization. I'm not just talking about left-right... but how individuals behave towards each other.

Netanyahu needs to leave Israel's political life.

A country is not managed through cousins and confidants.

If the Palestinians will one day decide to wake up and join a diplomatic process that is being carried out with the support of countries in the region, with international support - welcome. But I'm not waiting.

Don't drag the Mossad into political arguments. These are people who can't defend themselves.

As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.

What you demand of others you should carry out yourself.

A prime minister cannot preside over Israel when an indictment has been filed against him.

Is the role of the prime minister to cultivate political leadership in Israel? My answer is yes.

I am going to be prime minister.

We are a temperate state.