1. “Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies.” – Yitzhak Rabin
2. “The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.” – Yitzhak Rabin
3. “We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.” – Yitzhak Rabin
4. “In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.” – Yitzhak Rabin
5. “I think the fact that we have been focussing on politics quite a lot and the tumult of politics rather than what we should be doing in terms of policy has made, I think, voters quite grumpy.” – Yitzhak Rabin
6. “I am healthy. I wish all my colleagues to the peace process to be healthy.” – Yitzhak Rabin
7. “We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.” – Yitzhak Rabin
8. “I’ll continue to carry out whatever we are committed to. Whatever we believe leads us to a permanent solution the way we want it, the way I want it.” – Yitzhak Rabin
9. “There are two phases of the redeployment of the Israeli forces in the West Bank: One, to allow elections. Second, after the elections, to help further redeployment.” – Yitzhak Rabin
10. “There is no way of finding the middle ground, even with the best intentions of the world. Our most sensible policy is to stall.” – Yitzhak Rabin
11. “If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it’s not a problem. Maybe it’s a fact.” – Yitzhak Rabin
12. “You have got to sit down and talk to people. You can’t understand people from a distance.” – Yitzhak Rabin
13. “We have the right to ensure our security, especially when it is possible to reach agreement on a political solution.” – Yitzhak Rabin
14. “Enough of blood and tears. Enough!” – Yitzhak Rabin
15. “It is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task.” – Yitzhak Rabin
16. “You don’t make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies.” – Yitzhak Rabin
17. “It is my hope that I could be not just a Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the first I imagine that we’ve ever had.” – Yitzhak Rabin
18. “We are ready to compromise. We are ready to take calculated risks, but for a peace that will give us security.” – Yitzhak Rabin
19. “A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.” – Yitzhak Rabin
20. “Peace has no borders.” – Yitzhak Rabin
21. “The negotiations must address all aspects, both peace and withdrawal.” – Yitzhak Rabin
22. “It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement.” – Yitzhak Rabin
23. “A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for very limited outcomes, and we have got to change that.” – Yitzhak Rabin
24. “I’ll continue to carry out whatever we are committed to. Whatever we believe leads us to a permanent solution the way we want it, the way I want it.” – Yitzhak Rabin
25. “In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.” – Yitzhak Rabin