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title: "2 Demonstration Quotes By Moshe Dayan"
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> [We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. But it was in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/we-could-not-guard-every-water-pipeline-from-being-blown-up-and-every-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/moshe-dayan-13351_army_we-could-not-guard-every-water-pipeline_1133523.jpg)

> [It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-dayan/it-was-in-our-power-to-cause-the-arab-governments-to-renounce-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/moshe-dayan-13351_causes_it-was-in-our-power-to-cause-the-arab-go_2023070.jpg)

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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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