Ehud Barak Quotations

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us.

I want to study, to write to live and have a good time.

Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table.

I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.

I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.

I can tell you I also smoked cigars 10 years before, and the watch, which is a Patek Philippe - it was my former wife who bought it for me as a gift when I completed my military service. What is all of this about anyway? I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.

In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other.