Ehud Olmert Quotes

• I’m not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Power

  Tags in Self, Ideas, Prevail

• Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist?

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Economy, Progress

  Tags in Israel, Global

• A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Politician, Sensitive, Issues

• There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Countries, Fundamentalist, Extremist, Government

• When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Decision

  Tags in President, Iran

• How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Circumstances, Emotional, Political, National

• Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Political, Leaders, Psychological, Climate

• The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don’t recognise that.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in History

  Tags in Military, Operation, Lebanon, Israeli

• I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Feel, Tired

• Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Israel, Oppose, Adversary

• I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Iran, Syria, Comparison

• I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Possibility, Peace, Syrian

• It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Important, Lebanon

• I love my country more than anything else.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Self -Love

• I don’t know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, Representative, Terrorist, Government

• For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Jerusalem, Division, Terrible

• There is nothing that I’d love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Dream

  Tags in Palestinians, Negotiation, Self

• In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Emotion

  Tags in Ourselves, Israel

• A prime minister must not promise things that can’t be fulfilled.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Politician, Promise, Things

• Every prime minister … has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

  Ehud Olmert

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Politician, Security, Responsibility

Ehud Olmert (36)

Birth:	30th September, 1945
Nationality:	Israeli
Profession:	Politician

About

Ehud Olmert was born in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, British Mandate of Palestine. He is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. He served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with degrees in psychology, philosophy and law. He opened a successful law partnership in Jerusalem.

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