Ladies and gentlemen, the future is inevitable, just as peace is inevitable and for all of us. {Remarks at Signing Ceremony of Gaza Jericho Accord, Cairo, May 4, 1994]
We are in transition from a world of identifiable enemies to one of unidentifiable problems. [New Middle East, p. 82]
The Trojan horse of war is obsolete; we each now have one of our own, in our own backyard. [New Middle East, p. 51]
Instead of visions of blood and tears there will rise visions of happiness and beauty, life and peace. We are at a historic crossroads. Do we choose the path of the tongues of fire, billowing smoke, and rivers of blood, or of blooming deserts, restored wastelands, progress, growth, justice and freedom? [New Middle East, p. 46]
With the fall of the Soviet Union, the so called eastern bloc collapsed, and instead of an enemy, we now have problems. Instead of facing an armed communist threat, we are facing unarmed human problems....Instead of a world with clear boundaries, we have a world which is a complex structure shifting from place to place. [Speech to the Zionist Executive, June 23, 1993]
In the explanations I heard from the leaders of China, very wise men, they said: 'We have patience for everything for Hong Kong, for Taiwan, for Macau. It will all fall into our hands.' They are not pressuring anyone. [Speech to the Zionist Executive, June 23, 1993]