203 Quotes by Ehud Olmert

I’m not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel’s basic security?

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don’t think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don’t recognise that.

There is nothing that I’d love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.

Israel has said many times - and I also said this to German television in an interview - that we will not be the first country that introduces nuclear weapons to the Middle East.

For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious.

Palestinian violence is not a response to the capture of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian nationalism's roots are not so shallow.