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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.

There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.

I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.

I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.

When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.

I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.