Quotes from Moshe Dayan

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.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.

Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.

The Jews have opened fire, and they are unready to begin a war.

Who needs such a long intestine, anyway?

I have the strength to endure it all.

I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

If we lose this war, I'll just start another in my wife's name.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.

Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

I have the strength to endure it all.

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.

We are a generation that settles the land, and without the steel helmet and the cannon's fire we will not be able to plant a tree and build a home.