[To those who disagree with his vision] It's a changed world and ... you are out of date. [Speech in New York City, May 23, 1994]
(In the Knesset, responding to Likud MK Moshe Katzav) You are a young man who is not capable of seeing five steps ahead. (IBA TV, Jerusalem, August 30, 1993]
(In the Knesset, responding to Likud MK David Levy) We are now witnessing the beginning of the end of a l00 year conflict between us and the Palestinians, and you are still living in the past. {IBA TV, Jerusalem, August 30, 1993]
(In the Knesset, responding to Likud MK Benjamin Begin) You are an intelligent person who lives in the past and is totally blind to today and tomorrow, blind and unwilling to hear and see. The world has changed completely. It is only you in Likud who do not know about this. [IBA TV, Jerusalem, August 30, 1993]
[In the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to Eliahu Ben Elissar] You are a fascist. [Jerusalem Post, July 27, 1988]
[In the Knesset, to Benjamin Netanyahu] You were in America and you are still in a daze. You have just come back and, believe you me, you have not got a clue what we are talking about. [IBA TV, Jerusalem, August 30, 1995]