"We don’t rejoice in the death of our enemies. We are sad that we have to kill them."

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

"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 …"

"We only want peace, but if the Arabs want war, they will get war."

"I would rather be right than popular."