"I always said that we're like a small boat in a big ocean. We have to be very careful."

"To be a leader, you must be able to make decisions. And if you can't make decisions, you're not a leader."

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

"Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse."

"We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children."