This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
Benjamin NetanyahuRead
I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.
Interpretation
Success is often achieved despite early setbacks or predictions.
This quote by Benjamin Netanyahu highlights the contrast between predictions in the polls and the actual outcomes on election day. It suggests that despite being underestimated or facing challenges indicated by polls, one's true capabilities and resilience can lead to success when it truly matters.
In practice
This quote could be used in a political speech to motivate supporters.
This is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand. But I know that Israel does not stand alone. I know that America stands with Israel.
You can't end negotiations unless you begin them. And you can't begin them if you continually negotiate about the terms to begin negotiations.
Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up.
Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism.
Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.
There's an abiding interest by the United States, by the American people, and by anybody with his eyes set in his head, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.
A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.
I think the most important thing... is leadership. It's something that has been lacking in young women and girls for a very long time, not because we don't want to but because of what society has labeled women to be. I think we are the most powerful beings in the world and that we should be given every opportunity.
Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.
If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.
It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.
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