Moshe Sharett Quotes

Moshe Sharett — Israeli Statesman born on October 15, 1894, died on July 07, 1965

Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of Israel, serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. He continued as Foreign Minister in the Mapai government. Sharett steered the government through a turbulent period, was an experienced diplomat, with a liberal policy, a conciliatory approach, and a modernising attitude to the West. The renewed war with the Arabs split the socialist Left commencing another period of instability... (wikipedia)

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

Arabs respect only the language of force.

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered.

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing.