"The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength."
-Ariel Sharon
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"But there's one thing we are not going to compromise at all: when it comes to security of Israeli citizens and the State of Israel, there are not going to be any compromises - not now and not in the future.“
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"My strength never came from political echelons, it came from the family. And from the fields and the lands and the flowers and everything I see there. My strength came from there."
-Ariel Sharon
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"I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers."
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"The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us."
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"To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate."
-Ariel Sharon
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"I don't think I have accomplished what I still have to accomplish. There is one thing that I would like to do, and that's to bring security and peace to the Jewish people."
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