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 More Quotes by Moshe Dayan More Quotes From Moshe Dayan 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 The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective. Moshe Dayan collectivesmethodpunishment After all, we are not children. It's time we planned our life. Moshe Dayan our-liveschildren Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land. Moshe Dayan armyisraelland There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population. Moshe Dayan cleansingisraelcountry During the last 100 years our people have been in a process of building up the country and the nation, of expansion, of getting additional Jews and additional settlements in order to expand the borders here. Let no Jew say that the process has ended. Let no Jew say that we are near the end of the road. Moshe Dayan building-upordercountry I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table. Moshe Dayan tableslongamerica It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire. Moshe Dayan fightingwarlying If we lose this war, I'll just start another in my wife's name. Moshe Dayan nameswarfunny The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration from both [Gaza] Strip and Judea and Samaria. Anyone who has practical ideas or proposal to encourage emigration-let him speak up. No idea or proposal is to be dismissed out of hand. Moshe Dayan gaza-striphandsideas I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home. Moshe Dayan shouldhomethinking We have no solution... You [Palestinians] shall continue to live like dogs, and whoever wishes may leave, and we will see where this process leads. Moshe Dayan dogwishmay 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. Moshe Dayan israelnamesbook I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal. Moshe Dayan tworealitythinking I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest. Moshe Dayan calmwantlong It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions. Moshe Dayan majoritydemocracydecision It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective. Moshe Dayan medicationsecretheart In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should have been stopped. Moshe Dayan defenseshould-havetwo We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves... Let us make our reckoning today. Moshe Dayan gaza-stripdemandblood A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan to the Suez Canal. Moshe Dayan governmentisraelstrong
