Reuven Rivlin

Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.

There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.

The reality is that we only have one person whom the public sees as appropriate to be prime minister, and that's a shame. I think that if there were more, it would be better for everyone, including Netanyahu.

I know that sometimes politics creates situations in which people want to say particular things for political reasons.

Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.

The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a way to address this.

I ask the members of the Knesset to be very strict about maintaining the principles of democracy.

There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is something I cannot countenance.

The Knesset was right to limit the president's tenure to seven years.

We also need the world, even though many times we don't agree with it.

I want to thank the American people - on both sides of the aisle - for years of financial, diplomatic, and military support, and for helping us carry the burden of defense.

United Jerusalem has been and will forever be the capital of the Jewish People.