I like animals.
— Ariel Sharon
Even the sheep are afraid of me.
I believe orders should be obeyed, but sometimes you have to think about the orders you get.
Every Jew has the right to ascend onto the Temple Mount.
I prefer to stay with Likud. I think I have to be in the party I managed to build.
The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of darkness.
Every leaving of a Jewish community is a most difficult thing.
I'm an optimist.
Israel is the only country in the world that is ready to make compromises - even though it did not lose any wars.
I know more about wheat and olive trees than I do about politics.
I never had a political power base.
There is a feeling among the Arabs - encouraging terrorist activity is part of the broad new Arab strategy - that sooner or later, Israel will be forced to withdraw from Samaria, Judea and Gaza.
I've been under security protection since 1978.
I wouldn't go so far to say that destiny preserves me. I managed to survive and to succeed.
Terrorists are trained in Syria, and weapons come from Iran and Syria, and I believe that's something that should be stopped.
Arafat is hosting, training, supporting, sponsoring terrorist organizations.
My grandfather was facing this terror, my parents, myself.
I have worries, but in difficult times, that is when I am quiet.
I established the Likud to serve a national idea and provide hope to the people of Israel, but it unfortunately can no longer do that.
I have always maintained that the only group I belong to consists of my family, my wife Lily, my mother, my sons Omri and Gilad.
The problem is that Abu Mazen signed an agreement with the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Political life is like a big wheel: constantly turning. At times you are up, at times down. But always, the wheel keeps moving.
You cannot like the word, but what is happening is an occupation - to hold 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation. I believe that is a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians.
It was a grave mistake to dismantle the Jewish communities in Sinai.
Syria is hosting the most dangerous terrorist organizations.
Abu Mazen is not a member of the Zionist movement. He is a Palestinian.
One generation after another is drifting away from anything Jewish.
Staying in Likud means wasting time in political squabbles rather than acting on behalf of the good of the country.
What would happen in the U.S. to terrorists who are not citizens? In less than 24 hours, they would be rounded up, taken to the airport and expelled.
It's very, very clear that you cannot move to the next phase unless the former one has been fully accomplished.
I don't hate anyone.
Hamas is a terror organization with a covenant that speaks about the elimination of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. They are not partners for negotiations.
We have to remember that Arafat was the one that started with hijacking airplanes already in 1968.
Israel is the only democracy in this part of the world.
You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.
My opinions are aggressive, I admit that. But not my personality. I'm sociable.
David Ben-Gurion understood that the public's trust is given to a leader in order to lead, determine clear goals and make difficult decisions. The fate of the people and the good of the state guided him, not polls, media treatment or measures of prestige.
No one wants to be beaten, even myself.
Pope John Paul II was a man of peace, a friend of the Jewish nation... and worked for the historic reconciliation between the nations and for the renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and the Vatican at the end of 1993.
The great question of our day is whether we, the Jewish people of Israel, can find within us the will to survive as a nation.
Israel is an independent country with a large army, and it has the ability to do what it thinks is right.
As one who has been in hard situations, I believe that I know how to deal with complicated and hard situations.
I believe Prime Minister Blair is a friend, and a friend of Israel.
If there is something that I respect about the Arabs, it's the fact that they never change their position.
Jordan is Palestine. The capital of Palestine is Amman. If Palestinian Arabs want to find their political expression, they will have to do it in Amman.
If cars and buses were attacked daily by petrol bombs or stones for 16 months in Washington, could you imagine it would be tolerated? It would not, because in the name of democracy, to preserve democracy, steps would be taken.
I believe that the Jewish state will exist forever.
I don't see any situation where Israel will not be sitting on the Golan Heights.
The United States cannot live with terror.
One cannot negotiate under fire.
