Settlements Quotes

We travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty wastes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at those several little settlements or imaginary points of rest which are dispersed up and down in it. - Joseph Addison

We saw the bold step taken by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Gaza and vacation of some (settlements) in the West Bank . - Pervez Musharraf

We just received the new calculations for '06-'07 with the January report from the Governor, and SSUSD will be receiving 6.52% in new money in the general fund. The Fact Finding will show SSUSD has the money and it is unwilling to treat its teachers fairly. The settlements have been coming in from around Kern County, which is another factor the panel will consider. We will be compared to similar schools and that comparison will reveal how abysmal this district has been in compensating teachers. - Barbara Walls

We have to continue to negotiate around the table, and at the same time we have to fight against the settlements and the Israeli policy about the prisoners. - Marwan Barghouti

We have not decided on building new settlements but we continue to allow the growth of the existing communities and... that will remain our policy. - Benjamin Netanyahu

We have found that large land owners became local leaders in their communities during the early settlements. Some of the names are very prominent in state politics and some are big on a local level. - Terri McBride

We have about 17 village settlements and we have to develop them. We have introduced fish into the tanks and we have given 450 cattle to our farmers. - Ariyaseela Wickremanayake

We expect all the settlements to be evacuated during the next week. - Avi Zelba

We don't intend to extend settlements, as I have said, and how to stop natural growth is a very difficult definition. I can hardly understand what it is. But I think this is a bridgeable position and I do not believe this should serve as a reason for introducing doubts and the value and the need to do it immediately. I think the alarm clock started to click again and we shouldn't fall asleep. - Shimon Peres