Quotes from Yitzhak Shamir

The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.

In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.

Jews must be able to live with enemies and defend themselves from them. The hatred for Israel has not disappeared.

You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.

The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.

Lehi was not a part of the Zionist movement, not a part of the Revisionist Party. It was sometimes something apart, and Lord Moyne was the highest British official in the Middle East... and because we fought against the British in this area, we took him for a target.

The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.

Neither Jewish morality nor Jewish tradition can be used to disallow terror as a means of war.

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe only one thing: that by his act he will change the course of history.

Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.

Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return.

All of the land of Israel is ours.

I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.

The United States is our best friend, and our relations are excellent. Our relations will be strengthened even more, despite our differences in views.

In its Declaration of Independence on May 15, 1948, Israel stretched out its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors, calling for an end to war and bloodshed. In response, seven Arab states invaded Israel. The U.N. resolution that partitioned the country was thus violated and effectively annulled.