You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.