Moshe Sharett Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.”

“We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this.”

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

“By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.”

“Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.”