Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor. Moshe Dayan More Quotes by Moshe Dayan More Quotes From Moshe Dayan Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you, because these geography books no longer exist; not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahalal arose in the place of Mahalul, Gevat - in the place of Jibta, Sarid - in the place of Haneifs and Kefar Yehoshua - in the place of Tell Shaman. There is no one place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population. Moshe Dayan israelcountrybook Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan patriotic4th-of-julyfreedom Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice. Moshe Dayan aggravationarmsadvice Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother. Moshe Dayan madisraeldog To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger. Moshe Dayan fingerseyeneeds What cause have we to complain about their fierce hatred to us? For eight years now, they sit in their refugee camps in Gaza, and before their eyes we turn into our homestead the land and villages in which they and their forefathers have lived. Moshe Dayan eighteyeyears There is no more Palestine. Finished... Moshe Dayan palestinefinished I am not supposed to be an expert in every field. I am supposed to be an expert in picking experts. Moshe Dayan fieldsexpertsknowledge Before (the Palestinians) very eyes we are possessing the land and the villages where they and their ancestors have lived We are the generation of colonizers and without the steel helmet and the gun barrel we cannot plant a tree and build a house. Moshe Dayan gunlandeye We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds. But it was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying... It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce 'the policy of strength' toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. Moshe Dayan armygovernmentthinking We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab villages, Jewish villages were established. You even do not know the names of those villages, and I do not blame you because these villages no longer exist. There is not a single Jewish settlement that was not established in the place of a former Arab Village. Moshe Dayan villagenamescountry It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix a high price for our blood, so high that the Arab community and the Arab military forces will not be willing to pay it. Moshe Dayan militaryhandsblood Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood. Moshe Dayan hatredhandsblood Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State. Moshe Dayan independencelimitsisrael I know of nothing more exciting than war. Moshe Dayan excitingknowswar Without [the settlements] the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) [Israeli Defense Force] would be a foreign army ruling a foreign population. Moshe Dayan populationarmyisrael I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer. Moshe Dayan eyewantlooks Most important, don't do anything you don't want. Moshe Dayan importantwant If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week. Moshe Dayan fogdefenselasts We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house. Moshe Dayan gunhousetree
