Israel Quotes by Moshe Sharett

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

— Moshe Sharett

Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so…

— Moshe Sharett

We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from…

— Moshe Sharett

The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a…

— Moshe Sharett

As for the future, we are equally determined to explore all possibilities of getting rid, once and for all, of the huge Arab minority…

— Moshe Sharett

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism.

— Moshe Sharett

As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on…

— Moshe Sharett

Arabs respect only the language of force.

— Moshe Sharett

The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are…

— Moshe Sharett

A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling…

— Moshe Sharett

We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face.

— Moshe Sharett

I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them.

— Moshe Sharett

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.

— Moshe Sharett

I am against intervention by a foreign power against us.

— Moshe Sharett

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

— Moshe Sharett