There's nothing harder than defining oneself. Yitzhak Rabin More Quotes by Yitzhak Rabin More Quotes From Yitzhak Rabin We can continue to fight. We can continue to kill - and continue to be killed. But we can also try to put a stop to this never-ending cycle of blood. We can also give peace a chance. Yitzhak Rabin fightingisraelblood You have got to sit down and talk to people. You can't understand people from a distance. Yitzhak Rabin down-anddistancepeople We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out! Yitzhak Rabin populationisraelhands We'll fight terror like there's no peace, and make peace like there's no terror. Yitzhak Rabin making-peaceterrorfighting I, serial number 30743, Lieutenant General in reserves Yitzhak Rabin, a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces and in the army of peace, I, who have sent armies into fire and soldiers to their death, say today: We sail onto a war which has no casualties, no wounded, no blood nor suffering. It is the only war which is a pleasure to participate in - the war for peace. Yitzhak Rabin armywarpeace We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. Yitzhak Rabin definitionswaythinking Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies. Yitzhak Rabin madefriendshipenemy If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact. Yitzhak Rabin problemlongfacts I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace. Yitzhak Rabin israeltwopeople You don't make friends with friends. You have got to make friends with your enemies. Yitzhak Rabin enemy We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough. Yitzhak Rabin eyechildrenblood For me, Jerusalem was united, will be under Israel sovereignty, will be the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people. Yitzhak Rabin israelheartpeople Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security. Yitzhak Rabin importantisraelprinciples Here, in the Land of Israel, we returned and built a nation. Here, in the Land of Israel, we established a State. The Land of the prophets, which bequeathed to the world the values of morality, law and justice, was after two thousand years, restored to its lawful owner - the members of the Jewish People, On its Land, we have built an exceptional national Home and State. Yitzhak Rabin israelhomeyears Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living. Yitzhak Rabin islamdrydevelopment The use of force, including beatings, undoubtedly has brought about the impact we wanted - strengthening the [occupied] population's fear of the Israeli Defense Forces. Yitzhak Rabin populationimpactdefense I'll continue to carry out whatever we are committed to. Whatever we believe leads us to a permanent solution the way we want it, the way I want it. Yitzhak Rabin wantbelieveway But, more than anything, in the more than three years of this Government's existence, the Israeli people has proven that it is possible to make peace, that peace opens the door to a better economy and society; that peace is not just a prayer. Peace is first of all in our prayers, but it is also the aspiration of the Jewish people, a genuine aspiration for peace. Yitzhak Rabin israelprayerdoors [Israel will] create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years conditions which would attract natural and voluntary migration of the refugees from the Gaza Strip and the west Bank to Jordan. To achieve this we have to come to agreement with King Hussein and not with Yasser Arafat. Yitzhak Rabin israelagreementkings Peace has no borders. Yitzhak Rabin borderspeace
