A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless. Moshe Sharett More Quotes by Moshe Sharett More Quotes From Moshe Sharett When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs. Moshe Sharett transfers results states The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth. Moshe Sharett israel strong doe An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?. Moshe Sharett solve problem action 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. Moshe Sharett independence would-be war I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. Moshe Sharett our-generation deceit israel Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine. Moshe Sharett palestine no-fear politics We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face. Moshe Sharett political military may Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber. Moshe Sharett israel people needs Arabs respect only the language of force. Moshe Sharett respect force language 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. Moshe Sharett majority immigration hands Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing. Moshe Sharett tides return impossible So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance. Moshe Sharett degrees people needs 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. Moshe Sharett army blood thinking The opportunities which the present position open up for a lasting and radical solution of the most vexing problem of the Jewish state are so far-reaching as to take one's breath away. Moshe Sharett reaching problem opportunity 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. Moshe Sharett morocco achieve country We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture. Moshe Sharett conquer language culture people As for the long-term future: I am prepared to see in this a vision, not a mystical way but in a realistic way, of a population exchange on a much more important scale and including larger territories. Moshe Sharett i-am future vision way As for now, we must not forget who would have to exchange the land? those villages which live more than others on irrigation, on orange and fruit plantations, in houses built near water wells and pumping stations, on livestock and property and easy access to markets. Moshe Sharett live fruit forget water As for the future, we are equally determined to explore all possibilities of getting rid, once and for all, of the huge Arab minority which originally threatened us. Moshe Sharett minority explore us future Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly. Moshe Sharett us make chance history
