Quotes from Ami Ayalon

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.

Yehuda Amichai's lines: hope needs to be like barbed wire to keep out despair, hope must be a mine field.

hope needs to be like barbed wire to keep out despair, hope must be a mine field.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.

The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.

An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.

Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

Frustration is not a work plan.