Yitzhak Shamir Quotes Quotes

All of the land of Israel is ours.
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.
Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city, will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever.
We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization.
We must never bend too much.
A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
After '45, Ben Gurion started to organize the Zionist movement and the conference in Baltimore. At this convention, they decided that the helm of the Zionist movement has to be a Jewish commonwealth... a Jewish commonwealth!
Even if there is peace with all the Arab states, I don't know if the terrorism against us will pass from this world.
Everybody knows what I represent. My message is that Israel wants peace, and I am going to do everything possible to find ways to get this peace, this objective of all our people. All of us want peace. The differences are about the conditions of this peace.
I am miserable when everything is in order and quiet. Seriously, it's hard for me when I can go home quietly, go to sleep, and get up in the morning without fear and tension.
I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.
I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life.
I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
In its Declaration of Independence on May 15, 1948, Israel stretched out its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors, calling for an end to war and bloodshed. In response, seven Arab states invaded Israel. The U.N. resolution that partitioned the country was thus violated and effectively annulled.
In their war against Israel's existence, the Arab governments took advantage of the Cold War. They enlisted the military, economic, and political support of the communist world against Israel, and they turned a local, regional conflict into an international powder keg.
Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return.
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Yitzhak Shamir
Profession
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BirthDate
22 October, 1915
DeathDate
30 June, 2012
Country
Israel
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