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> [Before (the Palestinians) very eyes we are possessing the land and the villages where they and their ancestors have lived We are the generation of colonizers and without the steel helmet and the gun barrel we cannot plant a tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/before-the-palestinians-very-eyes-we-are-possessing-the-land-and-the/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

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> [We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-are-a-generation-of-settlers-and-without-the-steel-helmet-and-gun/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

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## More by Moshe Dayan

> [It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/it-s-a-democracy-and-if-i-am-outvoted-i-have-to-accept-the-majority/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [What cause have we to complain about their fierce hatred to us? For eight years now, they sit in their refugee camps in Gaza,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/what-cause-have-we-to-complain-about-their-fierce-hatred-to-us-for/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/in-two-cases-i-did-not-fulfill-my-role-as-defense-minister-in-that-i/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/i-have-traveled-a-long-road-from-the-battlefield-to-the-peace-table/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/if-i-had-to-resign-every-time-the-cabinet-disagrees-with-me-i-could/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [I have the strength to endure it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/i-have-the-strength-to-endure-it-all/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/it-was-in-our-power-to-set-high-price-for-our-blood-a-price-too-high/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-could-not-guard-every-water-pipeline-from-being-blown-up-and-every/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/jewish-villages-were-built-in-the-place-of-arab-villages-you-do-not/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [ We have no solution... You \[Palestinians\] shall continue to live like dogs, and whoever wishes may leave, and we will see where this process… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-have-no-solution-you-palestinians-shall-continue-to-live-like-dogs/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-came-here-to-a-country-that-was-populated-by-arabs-and-we-are/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [We are a small nation, but strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-are-a-small-nation-but-strong/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/israel-cannot-afford-to-stand-against-the-entire-world-and-be/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/the-method-of-collective-punishment-so-far-has-proved-effective/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

> [The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/the-old-city-of-jerusalem-is-in-our-hands/)

[Moshe Dayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-dayan/)

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