The best Quotes by Avigdor Lieberman

Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.

People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.

War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.

I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up.

This is how it's done. When people are sittin' on shit that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you're justified in taking it.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

The stronger we are, the less likely a war is.

A wise king never seeks out war, but he must always be ready for it.

War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Bob Marley had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate... literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives. When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, a gunman came to his house and shot him down. Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. When they asked him why - he said, "The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness."

There is no "way to peace," there is only "peace".

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Everybody can fight. It's just a choice of whether you should.

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

The bigger the lie, the more people believe in it.

Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it.

Which is worse: A lie that draws a smile or a truth that draws a tear?

A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.

Sometimes, lies are more interesting than the truth.

I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.

It's not lies that cut but the sharpness of the truth.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Lies are exactly what people tell to make life more bearable. To avoid pain and suffering and hurting people.

Truth never wins, but its enemies cease to exist.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Guzmán: "Because she supports me. Unconditionally."
Nadia: "That isn't love, it's devotion, like you would have for a God. People who love you tell you the truth."

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

Ian Malcolm: "I told the truth."
Peter Ludlow: "Your version of it."
Ian Malcolm: "There are no versions of the truth."

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth!

I didn't realize how destructive the truth could be.

The truth is always there, whether we see it or not - whether we choose to or not. The truth doesn't care about our needs or wants. It doesn't care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions.

When the truth offends me, we lie and we lie until we can no longer remember it is even there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.

Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.

It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.

I am sorry on behalf of most, if not close to all, of Australia at this point. I'm sorry about Raygun and that we broke dancing.