47 Quotes by Yitzhak Shamir

I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.

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.

You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.

The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel.

Wars have not solved anything in our region. They have only caused misery, suffering, bereavement, and hatred.

Even if there is peace with all the Arab states, I don't know if the terrorism against us will pass from this world.

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.

Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.

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.