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To the citizens of Israel, I say: We have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcome them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace.

Ariel Sharon

Lying, Opportunity, Israel

"Disengagement Could Pave Way to Road Map". Ariel Sharon's speech in Sharm el-Sheikh, www.haaretz.com. February 9, 2005.

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A rabbi told me that when you have two problems - one near, one not so near - concentrate on the immediate one.

Ariel Sharon

Two, Problem, Rabbi

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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.

Ariel Sharon

Flower, Political, Born

"The Bulldozer". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2001.

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It is impossible to have a Jewish, democratic state and at the same time to control all of Eretz Israel. If we insist on fulfilling the dream in its entirety, we are liable to lose it all. Everything. That is where the extremist path takes us.

Ariel Sharon

Dream, Israel, Path

"Sharon narrowly survives attempt to oust him as Likud leader" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.

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We believe only in deeds and acts and not in declarations. We are fed up with all those declarations, promises.

Ariel Sharon

Believe, Promise, Deeds

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We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror - when it comes to terror, I believe that military - the right military steps is a very, very complicated kind of warfare, where I make every effort not to escalate the situation.

Ariel Sharon

Military, Believe, Effort

"Transcript: Ariel Sharon Interview", www.foxnews.com. January 2, 2002.

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Aliyah is the central goal of the State of Israel.

Ariel Sharon

Israel, Goal, States

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As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

Ariel Sharon

War, Israel, Battle

"Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years". Interview with Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2003.

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The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

Ariel Sharon

Reality, Land, Suffering

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I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division of Jerusalem.

Ariel Sharon

Division, Jerusalem, Lasts

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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

Flower, Land, Political

"Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years". Interview with Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2003.

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Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

Ariel Sharon

Important, Firsts, Jew

"Transcript: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon". "Your World with Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. September 19, 2005.

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My mood altered and the pain turned to rage.

Ariel Sharon

Pain, Rage, Mood

"Abbas Promises Better Future for Palestinians", www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2005.

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And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

Ariel Sharon

Country, Israel, Years

"Transcript: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon". "Your World with Neil Cavuto", www.foxnews.com. September 19, 2005.

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I cannot deny that I have doubts, reservations and fears. However, I have come to the conclusion that in the present regional and international reality, Israel must act with courage to accept the political plan which I described.

Ariel Sharon

Reality, Israel, Political

"Sharon backs Bush plan for Palestinian state", www.cnn.com. December 4, 2002.

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He held to the idea that the Jewish people, so often victims of injustice and persecution, should have a state where they could be independent and free. Think good or ill of Arik Sharon, agree or disagree with him, but that calling - a noble one - was plain and unalloyed.

Ariel Sharon

Independent, Thinking, Should Have

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I have in the past declared that in order to achieve a real, just and durable peace, I would be willing to make painful compromises. But we cannot make any compromise on the security of our citizens and their right to live without the threat of terrorism and violence.

Ariel Sharon

Real, Past, Order

"Cheney arrives in Israel for talks", www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2002.

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I know I have been portrayed as a general looking for war. Many other headlines speak of that. That's what people say. But I understand the importance of peace because I saw the horrors of war. That's how I see it. I lost my best friends in battles.. and I had to make decisions of life and death, of others and myself.

Ariel Sharon

Friendship, War, People

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Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.

Ariel Sharon

Israel, Citizens, Losing

"The Bulldozer". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2001.

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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.

Ariel Sharon

Israel, Citizens, Compromise

Interview With Matt Rees, content.time.com. May 14, 2005.

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Legitimate steps of self-defence which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror - actions which any sovereign state is obligated to undertake to ensure the security of its citizens - are presented by those who hate Israel as aggressive, Nazi-like steps.

Ariel Sharon

Hate, War, Israel

"We must rely on ourselves, says Sharon" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2005.

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If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.

Ariel Sharon

Independent, Israel, Effort

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One must remember that the Jews have one, tiny country, the only place they have the right and capability to defend themselves by themselves. And it is our duty and my responsibility to see that we will never compromise about that.

Ariel Sharon

Country, Responsibility, Tiny

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Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon.

Ariel Sharon

Israel, Iran, Effort

"Ariel Sharon's address to the Knesset", www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2004.

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I would like to be on the farm. To ride the horses. To watch the cattle, and the plantations, and the beautiful vegetables that my sons are growing there. I would like it. I am one of those who do not have to worry about what I am doing later. I love the fields.

Ariel Sharon

Beautiful, Horse, Son

"Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years". Interview with Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2003.

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Born: February 26, 1928
Died: January 11, 2014
Occupation: Former Prime Minister of Israel
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