Skip to content

Interest Quote by Yair Lapid

“I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more.” quote by Yair Lapid — Download Open image

“I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Interest Interest groups Israeli Politics

More by Yair Lapid

Quite a few people feel uncomfortable when faced with the claim that the Jews are the world's smartest people. In our politically correct era,…

Image

I'm going into politics because I think that the kind of discourse taking place in Israel is leading this country to oblivion, and I…

Image

Israel's master strategy needs to be moving toward a regional arrangement that will enable a full normalization of relations with the Arab states and…

Image

When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.

Image

The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is…

Image

Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.

Image

You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.

Image

The democratic system is premised on trust in the masses' wisdom. We believe that the collective is wiser than its parts and that, at…

Image

I don't reject caution, but you also have to be careful about caution because there's a stage when it turns into paralysis.

Image

Any man who is not a communist at the age of 20 is a fool.

Image

Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.

Image

I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim…

Image

Explore all 112 Yair Lapid quotes

More Interest quotes

For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests…

Wangari Maathai

Image

The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Image

Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…

Image

I became a bit of a teacher's pet, and it became known in the school by both faculty and students that I really excelled…

Image

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this; secured to the inventor, for a limited time, the exclusive…

Abraham Lincoln

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

Image

The minimum that most minimalists want leaves in place just the institutions who protect their interests. That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want…

Kim Stanley Robinson

Image

Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not…

Madeleine M. Kunin

Image

Teachers' unions don't act in the interest of most teachers.

Image

I really like female singers; I've got zero interest in working with male singers. Any male voice I need to do, I can do.

Image

I could not identify with harming my child or giving up my child. But I could identify with giving up my child if it…

Image

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects…

Image

Browse all 9,703 Interest quotes