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" I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated. "
Yitzhak Shamir
Feel
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" We must never bend too much. "
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" The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people. "
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" Even if there is peace with all the Arab states, I don't know if the terrorism against us will pass from this world. "
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" 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. "
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" When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state. "
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" Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" All of the land of Israel is ours. "
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" The U.N. did not create Israel. The Jewish state came into being because the tiny Jewish community in what was mandatory Palestine rebelled against foreign imperialist rule. We did not conquer a foreign land. "
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" 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. "
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" You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan. "
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" Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland. "
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" In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever. "
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" I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree. "
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Things
First
" The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple. "
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" The United States is our best friend, and our relations are excellent. Our relations will be strengthened even more, despite our differences in views. "
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" Lehi was not a part of the Zionist movement, not a part of the Revisionist Party. It was sometimes something apart, and Lord Moyne was the highest British official in the Middle East... and because we fought against the British in this area, we took him for a target. "
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" I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful. "
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" The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel. "
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" 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! "
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" 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. "
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" Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses. "
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" The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim. "
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