He who threatens us will find us deaf to his threats. We are willing to listen only to rational arguments. Menachem Begin More Quotes by Menachem Begin More Quotes From Menachem Begin We, the Jews, know how to appreciate such courage. Menachem Begin top-news My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire. Menachem Begin daycolleaguesfuturepeace There are those who say we must rescind the Golan Heights law that was passed in the Knesset. To rescind is a concept from the days of the Inquisition. Our forefathers were burned at the stake and would not rescind their faith. Menachem Begin heightssayfaithlaw Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even the two Moslem sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites, are apart. Then they have the armed groups. Everybody's got a private army. Menachem Begin problemsgreatarmycountry The German debt to the Jewish people can never end, not in this generation and not in any other. Menachem Begin generationendneverpeople I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear. Menachem Begin memoryjerusalemskyblue We do not covet one inch of Lebanese territory, and the basis for the peace treaty between our two countries will be the international border, which exists now, between Rosh Haniqra and Ras en Naqura. Menachem Begin borderwillnowpeace We of course will say we claim sovereignty of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza district. Others will come, and they will say we claim sovereignty. What can be the outcome? Menachem Begin otherssaycomewill UNIFIL was a complete disappointment. But a kind of multinational force. Menachem Begin completeforcekinddisappointment In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods. Menachem Begin freedompeacepeopleideas The people of Israel have lived 3,700 years without a memorandum of understanding with America and will continue to live without it another 3,700 years. Menachem Begin livewillunderstandingpeople We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate. Menachem Begin thereforeexistneedlegitimacy The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war. Menachem Begin learningwarpeacepeople After 1957, Israel had to wait 10 full years for its flag to fly again over that liberated portion of the homeland. Menachem Begin flagflywaitover The Palestinian Arabs will have their autonomy, we will have our security. We shall live together. Menachem Begin livewillsecuritytogether You want me to become a leaker? I'm not. I do not leak any news from the Cabinet sessions. Menachem Begin meyounewswant You annex foreign land, not your own country. Menachem Begin yourownyoucountry There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore. Menachem Begin somelebanonsecurityisrael No one will frighten the large and free Jewish community of the United States. Menachem Begin jewishwillfreecommunity We attacked selected military targets of the P.L.O. Around, civilians were hurt, I don't want to deny it. Very regrettable, very regrettable. We regret it deeply. Menachem Begin regretmilitaryhurtwant
