Quotes by Reuven Rivlin

“The prime minister of Israel lost a lot of credibility and we really dont think that he has the permission now and the charter from the people to go ahead to decide upon the future of Israel,”

“This remarkable gesture... despite the war and conflict without solution for nearly 100 years, must be noted.”

“She is a jurist with a great deal of experience in the judicial world, who will be able hold an independent stance against all other government authorities.”

“We have no say in anything. What will we do if the Palestinians declare a state? How can we even stop them?”

“We are here to ask for your forgiveness,”

“It was not enough that we took you out of your homes, but we also disturbed the eternal rest of your loved ones.”

“We should maintain the election date and elect a new prime minister.”

“Sometimes I really dont know what are the thoughts of the prime minister, whether he will stick to our belief or whether hes going ahead with the Oslo agreements, which means to go all ahead,”

“Sometimes I really dont know what are the thoughts of the prime minister, whether he will stick to our belief or whether hes going ahead with the Oslo agreements, which means to go all ahead.”

“Jewish tradition and ethics require us to treat the sensitivity of others as we would ask others to treat the dignity of the Jewish dead. It is difficult to understand how a project to glorify and strengthen tolerance is conducted with blatant intolerance.”

It seems to me that many of the belligerent Jewish movements that were built upon hatred of Arabs - and Im not only talking about Lieberman, but within the Likud as well - grew out of the patronizing socialist attitude that said, Theyll be there, and well be here.

There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we dont respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.

I believe that our democratic values are also born out of our Jewish faith, a love for the stranger, and equality before the law - these are not foreign values: this is Judaism.

Learning the core curriculum cannot come through coercion. It must come through a recognition of the need to integrate with economic life.

Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.

A friendship between Germany and Israel didnt always seem natural.

A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the others culture without compromising its own.

We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult.