74 Quotes by Dennis Ross

I think it's always important when you're approaching Middle East peace never to set your hopes too low.

I think we've seen over the course of the last year is that Chairman Arafat may well be committed to wanting to live in peace with Israel, but his own capacity at this stage to reach a permanent agreement is at least something that has to be questioned.

It has been clear from the guidance I had in coming out here that both ... (Secretary of State Madeleine Albright) and the president believe that it is important to bring this process to a conclusion. But the president and the secretary will make a decision on when it is appropriate to do so.

Our objective is have the agreement implemented. Both sides have obligations and responsibilities, and we expect both sides to carry out those responsibilities and obligations.

My purpose right now is to have a chance to talk to the leaders to see what can be done to energize the process.

That's the new struggle of our time, and we have to frame it that way to understand what we're contending with and why it's so important for us not to fail.

We have been working and there will be a meeting tonight between the prime minister and the chairman at Erez,

The problem is going to be within a month or two after disengagement there will be two completely different expectations as to what comes next.

When one thinks about religion, one should think about peace.