Ehud Barak Quotes

I believe God has a future for ethnic Israel.

I am a prophet…I am a prophet … I am a prophet…

I am not a prophet.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.

It is yourselves who have called us to this office, and being called by you, we have an authority from God.

There is no passion to which the rulers of a people can address themselves with greater [political] effect [than war.]

Netanyahu is no king, his government sows division and incitement.

I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Politics is activity in relation to power.

The Jewish nation is indeed, the heart of the world and there is no reason for the existence of empires, kings, rulers, masses or systems aside from their reaction to the Jewish people.

I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

People think I'm some kind of prophet, but I'm not someone who gets my information from the ether. I've been given the coordinates about how things work.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

I can unite the people of Israel, so I won't speak about controversial issues, which divide the people.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

We need a great president.

My government's first aim will be to bring peace to Mexico.

I believe that the people of Israel are the chosen people of God.

The Prime Minister is head of team but its not a one woman act. I've been called all those things. Intellectual, sharp-tongued, all true. But what New Zealander is like is to know that someone is in charge and in the end the buck stops with the Prime Minister.