Moshe Dayan

“It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers or families, but it is in our hands to fix a high price for their blood.”

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

“I both felt and did not feel. I was holding the girl in my arms and I was kissing her, but I did not feel that I was kissing her.”

“We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and the cannon's fire, we cannot plant a tree and build a house.”

“We should be preparing for the next war, not the last one.”

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

“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.”

“Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.”

“We have no choice but to be a fighting people. This is our destiny.”