We can continue to fight. We can continue to kill - and continue to be killed. But we can also try to put a stop to this never-ending cycle of blood. We can also give peace a chance. Yitzhak Rabin More Quotes by Yitzhak Rabin More Quotes From Yitzhak Rabin I considered the prevention of war as the test of our security policy; in addition to being able to rapidly and forcefully end any war forced upon us. Yitzhak Rabin prevention tests war I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our parliament, with whomever he wants to speak in Israel and in the territories among the Palestinians. Yitzhak Rabin jerusalem israel president Syria doesn't want to talk with us on a bilateral basis, only under the auspices of the United States. Yitzhak Rabin syria united-states want Vis a vis the Golan Heights, the present government of Israel, under my leadership, is the first government that is ready to speak about a withdrawal. Yitzhak Rabin withdrawal government israel We accept every form or way to talk to the Syrians how to achieve peace. Yitzhak Rabin achieve accepting way We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find any form of talks, but we have to overcome the differences between Syria and Israel to reach peace. Yitzhak Rabin appreciate differences israel 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 outcomes couple missing I have been interested in the 12th century since my 20s when it was very fashionable to say of anybody with whom you disagreed, which was basically anybody over the age of 30, "One of the great minds of the 12th century", and one day I thought, "I don't know anything about the 12 century." So I started buying books, reading about it, and I discovered it was a period of great flowering, it was a Renaissance before what we think is the Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance of the 16th century. Yitzhak Rabin italian reading book One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would. Yitzhak Rabin focus party littles Indigenous programs and policy will come within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet because Indigenous policy and programs should not be an add - on, they should not be an afterthought, but they should be at the heart of a good Australian Government. Yitzhak Rabin government heart add 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 voters facts thinking We are destined to live together, on the same soil in the same land. We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians. We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough. Yitzhak Rabin We have no desire for revenge. We harbor no hatred towards you. We, like you, are people who want to build a home, to plant a tree, to love, live side by side with you in dignity, in empathy, as human beings, as free men. We are today giving peace a chance and again saying to you in a clear voice: Enough. Yitzhak Rabin We have no gold mines, we do not have oil or diamonds. Israel's poor in natural resources, but it has tremendous human potential. Yitzhak Rabin We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror. Yitzhak Rabin fight terrorism work peace I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies. Yitzhak Rabin movies think sometimes life I don't see any reason to discriminate against homosexuals. Yitzhak Rabin against any see reason I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region. Yitzhak Rabin lebanon israel business want You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. Yitzhak Rabin enemies you friends peace Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people. Yitzhak Rabin situation soldier long people
