Lapid: "One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members."

Lapid: "I want to do everything in my power to ensure the equality between all movements of Judaism in the state of Israel: Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform. In conversions, in budgets, in the eyes of the law. No one can claim ownership over the Jewish God."

Lapid: "The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get lost."

Lapid: "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 want to change it."

Lapid: "Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves."

Lapid: "The rabbis and their wives may say whatever they wish in private conversations. I may not like their views, but a person is allowed to say anything in his or her own home."

Lapid: "In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness."

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

Lapid: "Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions."

Lapid: "Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth."

Lapid: "One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State."

Lapid: "I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives."

Lapid: "People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics."

Lapid: "Judaism is a whole line of values that have existed for thousands of years, but the democratic idea is a new idea, and significant parts of it stand in contradiction to Judaism."

Lapid: "Judaism shouldn't be the jailhouse of ideas but a liberator of ideas; not a disintegrator of people but what brings people together."

Lapid: "Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message."

Lapid: "Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy."

Lapid: "Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism?"

Lapid: "The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride."

Lapid: "The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor."

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

Lapid: "I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then."

Lapid: "I do not deal with threats and ultimatums."

Lapid: "Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits."

Lapid: "I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me."