Menachem Begin Quotes

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Free women and men everywhere must wage an incessant campaign so that these human values become a generally recognized and practised reality. We must regretfully admit that in various parts of the world this is not yet the case. Without those values and human rights the real peace of which we dream is jeopardized.

Menachem Begin
No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

Menachem Begin
The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized.... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever.

Menachem Begin
Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. Peace is all of these and more and more.

Menachem Begin
A great day in the annals of two ancient nations, Egypt and Israel, whose sons met in battle five times, fighting and falling.... It is thanks to our fallen heroes that we could have reached this day.

Menachem Begin
Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it must disappear.

Menachem Begin
Israel will not transfer Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza District to any foreign sovereign authority, [because] of the historic right of our nation to this land, [and] the needs of our national security, which demand a capability to defend our State and the lives of our citizens.

Menachem Begin