War is not a means to an end, it is the end, whereas politics is merely the hiatus between wars.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians

Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them?

Insofar as Zionism sought to solve the Jewish question, it must be reckoned not just a failure but a catastrophe: Israel is the main cause of anti-Semitism in the world today.

I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.

Israel has come out of the boils of the hell, a satanic state.

It's utterly hypocritical for Israelis to wonder aloud why Palestinians don't pursue a non-violent strategy. One obvious reason is that, whenever they have, Israel brutally represses it.

There's nothing Israel can do without US support. It can't breathe without US support. The US bankrolls everything, and it's just silly to think that Israel can do anything without the support.

Indeed, the field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense if not sheer fraud.

People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things.

May not subterraneous fire be considered as the great plough (if I may be allowed the expression) which Nature makes use of to turn up the bowels of the earth?

Life kept throwing me storms, but I kept finding rainbows.

Jazz is democracy in music.

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

What changes with fame is the perceptions of the individual rather than the individual.

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire in their bellies to make a difference.

The choices and decisions we make in terms of how we use the land ultimately affect our very DNA. Environmental issues are life issues.