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"The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals."
"The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before."
"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."
"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."
"I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that."
"Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think."
Explore more quotes by Moshe Sharett
"I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times."
"A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless."
"So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance."
"Israel would not do that, both because we cannot afford to be accused by the world of aggression and because we cannot, for security and social reasons, absorb in our midst a substantial Arab population."
"I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant."
"Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine."
"An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?."
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