"Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom."

"We must be prepared to live with the paradox that we are both victims and victors."

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. You can't stop the plane, you can't stop the storm, you can't stop time. So one might as well accept it …"

"The Jewish people have a right to live in their own land, in their own state, like any other people."

"We don’t want to be better than the Arabs. We only want to be ourselves. And that is better than the Arabs."