It was a mistake to bomb the nuclear reactor in Iraq. [Haaretz, December 24, 1995]
Luck is also security [Shomron News Service, November 28, 1995]
Now we must strive for fewer weapons and more faith. [New Middle East, p. 172]
Armies might conquer physical entities, but they cannot conquer qualitative ones. At this stage of the game, objects that may be subject to a military takeover are no longer of value. [New Middle East, p. 35]
Between ten bunkers and ten hotels, ten hotels are also defense. [Haaretz, January 29, 1996]
In face of nuclear, chemical and biological warfare, what advantage do we reap from having hundreds of tanks, cannons and jets? [New Middle East, p.78]
In politics, it starts in your kitchen. You can break eggs into omelletes, but you cannot make from omelettes eggs again. And we don't want to omelette the land. [Briefing to Foreign Journalists, June 28, 1993]
Markets are more important than borders. [Die Welt (Berlin), July 14, 1995]
The enemy today is the desert. [New Middle East, p. 115]
Give me peace, we will give up the nuclear option. That's the whole story. [Jerusalem Report, January 25, 1996, p. 9]
An army that can occupy knowledge has yet to be built. And that is why armies of occupation are passe. [Remarks upon Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1994]
The Government is firmly committed to continuing the peace policy, which has bolstered national and personal security...The truth is that personal security in Israel cities and roads is better today than in the past. [Speech at Inauguration of the Winter Session of the Knesset, October 11, 1993]
(Asked about his dismissal of Israeli military intelligence experts who disagreed with his rosy views on Arab intentions) I simply have not found experts regarding the future. If you find me experts on the future, I will speak with them." [Ma'ariv, May 12, 1995]
I have always tended to be overly optimistic. [New Middle East, p. 18]