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Tzipi Livni Quotes

Something happened to the State of Israel. What was morally obvious in 1948 is not so obvious anymore. When the State of Israel was established, it was, for the parents and grandparents of these young Jews, a miracle. It was David and Goliath. We were the just cause. It was about values. We were small, but we were the good guys in the world!

– Tzipi Livni

A leader in any place must ask himself who he identifies with, with which values, and towards what goals.

– Tzipi Livni

After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It’s about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past.

– Tzipi Livni

Israel needs to change direction, and this is not just political. We’re becoming more closed-in, more isolated, more scared. Those who talk tough are making the State of Israel very weak, very isolated – very Jewish, in the Diaspora-sense, in that ‘everyone is against us.’ We need to get out of this.

– Tzipi Livni

Mr. Obama’s call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.

– Tzipi Livni

There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory.

– Tzipi Livni

The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement.

– Tzipi Livni

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it’s easier for me to find a common denominator.

– Tzipi Livni

We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy – not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values.

– Tzipi Livni

An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don’t change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army.

– Tzipi Livni

If Syria wants to be part of the international community, there are some conditions that they have to meet. And the first one is to stop embracing the terrorism.

– Tzipi Livni

When it comes to matters of religion and state, Bayit Yehudi is more extreme than the ultra-Orthodox.

– Tzipi Livni

If someone is willing to sell out his principles for the job, he is not worthy of it.

– Tzipi Livni

I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics.

– Tzipi Livni

On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel.

– Tzipi Livni

When we distinguish between Israel’s right to defend itself and settlements, then we legitimize its security needs; when we distinguish between isolated settlements and the blocs, then we legitimize the settlement blocs.

– Tzipi Livni

I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers.

– Tzipi Livni

For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial.

– Tzipi Livni

Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it’s in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us.

– Tzipi Livni

You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

– Tzipi Livni

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

– Tzipi Livni

The last thing that Israel needs is to be part of the internal agenda in the United States between Republicans and Democrats.

– Tzipi Livni

Everybody wants to live in peace.

– Tzipi Livni

My ideology is not connected to the Palestinians.

– Tzipi Livni

Being an Israeli is to know that you have risen from the ashes of those who were killed and knowing you have a responsibility for the coming generations.

– Tzipi Livni

I believe Israel needs branding. I want that the word ‘Israel’ will relate not just to an Israeli soldier or a camel, but Israel as an advanced liberal society with a strong economy and great people.

– Tzipi Livni

The role of a leader is to create a reality and not to be influenced by polls.

– Tzipi Livni

I was born in Israel. My parents came in 1925.

– Tzipi Livni

When I make decisions, I’m not thinking about my parents. I’m thinking about my children.

– Tzipi Livni

I’m not a person of mentors.

– Tzipi Livni

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