Yitzhak Rabin Quotes
In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel.
Rabin, Yitzhak. "Address to the Nation Following the Dizengoff Street Bombing." 19 Oct. 1994, Tel Aviv.
Arab terrorists were raiding Israel. The United States, not yet having experienced September 11 was urging Israel not to retaliate and quietly allow diplomacy to operate.
The German Green party was traditionally a left wing party, very concerned with civil rights and generally opposed to repressive use of police and military. However, faced with terrorism, the party would consider what under circumstances other than terror would have been unthinkable.
The same sentiment has been attributed to Aristotle.
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995.