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Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us.
Ehud Barak
World
Will
Destroy
Terror
Either
Us
I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he's the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land.
Ehud Barak
Soul
Leader
Penetrate
Kind
Promised
Promised Land
Arafat
Staying
Crossing
River
Advance
He
Masks
Moses
Reach
Know
Front
Behind
Wants
Cannot
Whether
Land
Who
Agreement
Palestinians
To think that you can - as a Zionist, Jewish independent state at the end of the 20th century - rule over another people for generations without having any consequences - it's ridiculous.
Ehud Barak
You
People
Think
Consequences
State
Rule
Independent
Having
Generations
Over
Another
Without
End
Any
Century
Ridiculous
Zionist
Jewish
There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.
Ehud Barak
World
Will
Dare
Weapons
Entity
Attack
Chemical
Israel
I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements.
Ehud Barak
Radical
Believe
Muslim
Tend
Movements
With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.
Ehud Barak
Difficult
Globalization
Impose
Private
Governments
Decisions
Companies
Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.
Ehud Barak
War
Game
Decision
Power
Become
Once
Would
Totally
Ball
Ball Game
Becomes
Go
Iraq
Very
Different
Against
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well.
Ehud Barak
You
Matters
Backing
Launch
Must
Follow
Diplomatic
Through
Well
Forces
Operation
Operational
Ready
Surgical
Lined
Campaign
Up
Deployed
Larger
Level
Need
If Israel does not find the way to disengage from the Palestinians, its future might resemble the experience of Belfast or Bosnia - two communities bleeding each other to death for generations.
Ehud Barak
Death
Future
Experience
Other
Way
Find
Bosnia
Generations
Bleeding
Does
Israel
Might
Communities
Resemble
Belfast
Each
Palestinians
Two
It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.
Ehud Barak
Government
Soldiers
Citizens
Role
Defend
The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in it, and to tell the world how - what kind of underdog they are.
Ehud Barak
World
Tell
Kind
Both
Participate
Underdog
Stick
How
Authority
Ends
Hold
Cannot
Incite
Palestinian
Violence
I don't think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They're radical, but not total mishuginas.
Ehud Barak
Drop
Radical
Think
Immediately
Neighbor
Follow
Total
Some
Understand
Got
Iranians
Going
Might
Fully
Even
Bomb
When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.
Ehud Barak
You
Army
Fight
Experience
Win
Want
Much
Need
I stand by it. I take the criticism for it. I think it's unfair, but yes, there is a thing about nepotism, and we all try to respect it.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Respect
Try
Criticism
Unfair
Think
Nepotism
About
Take
Yes
Stand
Thing
Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Work
Women
Corrupt
More
Women Are
Less
Reasons
Harder
Honest
We've done a lot to restore Liberia's credibility, Liberia's reputation, Liberia's presence.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Reputation
Restore
Lot
Done
Credibility
Presence
I just think that unless you have that cohesiveness in the family unit, the male character tends to become very dominant, repressive and insensitive. So much of this comes also from a lack of education.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Education
Family
Character
You
Become
Think
Unless
Insensitive
Tends
Also
Male
Dominant
Very
Lack
Family Unit
Just
Repressive
Much
Unit
I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Work
Work Hard
Nothing
Late
Bed
Go
Hard
Conscience
Sleep
I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector - I mean, these are the farmers and the traders; many of them are not educated, many of them lacking literacy - be able to give them better working conditions. And we've done a lot to be able to achieve that.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Women
Better
Achieve
First
Our
Sector
Would
Able
Give
Like
First Of All
Make
Sure
Educated
Conditions
Lot
Done
Lacking
Literacy
Informal
Mean
Them
Working
Farmers
Many
I beg you I no magician. I can't just wave a magic wand.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
You
Wave
Magic
Magic Wand
Magician
Beg
Wand
Just
I don't think people understand the awesomeness of the destruction of this country - its institutions, its infrastructure, its law, its morals.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
People
Destruction
Law
Country
Think
Morals
Institutions
Understand
Infrastructure
I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Politics
Time
Character
Courage
Think
Positions
Desperately
Kinds
Some
Institute
Involved
Been
Very
Reforms
Quite
Quite Some Time
Experiences
Capacity
Held
Deep
Needed
We have to overcome the practice of male domination - even though it's changing, and changing in Liberia quite drastically.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Overcome
Practice
Changing
Drastically
Though
Male
Domination
Quite
Even
My mother was a disciplinarian. She believed that when young girls start to go out with young boys, they get married.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Mother
Girl
Young
Out
Married
She
Disciplinarian
Boy
Go
Get
Get Married
Young Girls
Believed
Start
There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000.
Emile Lahoud
Me
Constitution
Remove
President
Ways
High
Only
Could
Had
He
Terminated
Occupation
How
Israel
Lebanon
South
Accuse
Anyone
After
Treason
Violates
Two
Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.
Enrique Pena Nieto
Education
Quality
Purpose
Main
Delivered
Make
Sure
Education Reform
Reform
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