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Portrait of Moshe Sharett

Moshe Sharett

(1894–1965) Politician Israel

28 quotes in 123 categories

Moshe Sharett was a politician from Israel, best known for Min mudhakkirāt Mūshih Shārīt.

Quick Facts About Moshe Sharett

Born: October 16, 1894
Died: July 7, 1965
Nationality: Israel
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Min mudhakkirāt Mūshih Shārīt
Spouse: Tzippora Sharett

About Moshe Sharett

Moshe Sharett was an Israeli politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1948 to 1956. He signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a principal negotiator in the cease-fire agreements that concluded the 1948 Palestine war. Beginning in 1933, he headed the political department of the Jewish Agency. He also founded the Jewish Brigade, which fought with the British Army against Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Sokolov Award honorary citizen of Jerusalem

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.

Entry

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

Chance

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

Come

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

Able

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

Future

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

Apartheid

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

Easy

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Arabs respect only the language of force.

Force

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

Judaism

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

Helpless

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

Face

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

Cybersecurity

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

Certain

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I am against intervention by a foreign power against us.

Against

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

Hardship

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We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But…

Achieve

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Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot,…

Aggression

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Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing.

Impossible

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What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?

Dreams

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I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts…

Deceit

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I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us.

Against

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Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom…

Accustomed

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When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs.

Judaism

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As for the long-term future: I am prepared to see in this a vision, not a mystical way but in a realistic…

Dreams

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An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?.

Cybersecurity

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