Benjamin Netanyahu Quotes

Israeli - Leader Born: October 21, 1949

The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. Benjamin Netanyahu

Words, Peace, Commitment, Past, Process

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. Benjamin Netanyahu

Strength, Peace, Weakness, Unilateral

The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat. Benjamin Netanyahu

Future, Purpose, Why, Ability, Israel

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away. Benjamin Netanyahu

Stay Focused, Think, Problem, Focused

Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up. Benjamin Netanyahu

Organization, Body, World, You, Security

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it. Benjamin Netanyahu

Peace, End, You, Negotiation, Begin

I've been right more than I've been wrong. Benjamin Netanyahu

Wrong, More, Right, Than, Been

I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day. Benjamin Netanyahu

Day, Win, Election, Lose, Always, Polls

I don't think you can rely on Iran. I don't think you can rely on other radicals like the Taliban. They dispatched Al Qaida to bomb New York and Washington. What were they thinking? Were they that stupid? They weren't stupid. There is an irrationality there, and there is madness in this method. Benjamin Netanyahu

Stupid, New York, Thinking, Think, You

In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu. Benjamin Netanyahu

Time, King, Bible, Name, Ring, Office

You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations. Benjamin Netanyahu

End, You, Begin, Negotiate, Them, About

My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. Benjamin Netanyahu

Son, Name, Back, Land, Presence, First

Both peoples, both nations, deserve a nation-state of their own. Palestinians, if they wish so, will go to the Palestinian state; Jews, if they so wish, can go to the Jewish state. And we'll have to have security and demilitarization agreements between us. Benjamin Netanyahu

Security, Wish, Go, Deserve, Will, Own

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever. Benjamin Netanyahu

People, Wrong, Will, Never, First

But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end. Benjamin Netanyahu

Day, Night, End, Racing, You, Know

Those in the international community that refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu

Light, Community, Red, Moral, Place

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. Benjamin Netanyahu

Great, Two, Nuclear Weapons, Economy

The Palestinians want a state, but they have to give peace in return. What they're trying to do in the United Nations is to get a state without giving Israel peace or giving Israel peace and security. And I think that's, that's wrong. That should not succeed. That should, that should fail. Benjamin Netanyahu

Peace, Succeed, Think, Giving, Trying

Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace. Benjamin Netanyahu

Peace, You, Want, Battles, Operations

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way. Benjamin Netanyahu

Simple, Peace, You, Down, Talking, Want

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East. Benjamin Netanyahu

People, Thank You, Friends, You, America

I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. Benjamin Netanyahu

Grief, I Am, Speak, Say, Nation, Entire

There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed. Benjamin Netanyahu

Mother, Morning, Children, Rock, Country

The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be. Benjamin Netanyahu

Relationship, Powerful, Bond, Will, Just

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. Benjamin Netanyahu

Villain, Real, Committee, Human Rights

The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence. Benjamin Netanyahu

Violence, Military, Force, Application

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