95 Quotes by Yair Lapid

For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.

Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.

There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.

When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.

I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

If, for 2,000 years, you dress up differently, believe in a different God, celebrate different holidays, and on top of it insist on telling everyone that you're completely different than them, ultimately they'll believe you.

The Left doesn't understand the importance of God in the Israeli public discourse, and Yesh Atid does.

You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.

I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I want to change it.