203 Quotes by Ehud Olmert

Israel stands proudly at the forefront of international achievement. The world's leading corporations - Google, Intel and Motorola, to name but a few - maintain research and development facilities here, and our technology start-ups continue to be acquired by the likes of AOL, eBay and IBM.

The fundamental interest - long-range strategic interest - of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state.

Stopping all the violent and hostile actions means ending the smuggling of arms into the Gaza territory.

As a young politician, I voted against the return of Sinai and peace with Egypt. I was mistaken.

Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has displayed in Afghanistan and in Iraq, only a vigilant and determined campaign of confrontation can deter and obstruct them.

I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries.

The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace.

Promoting tolerance and human dignity is one of mankind's unfinished challenges.

The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena.