Author: Moshe Dayan

Quotes

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

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

- Moshe Dayan

It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.

It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.

- Moshe Dayan

I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.

I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.

- Moshe Dayan

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

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

- Moshe Dayan

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.

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.

- Moshe Dayan

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

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

- Moshe Dayan

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

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

- Moshe Dayan

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

- Moshe Dayan

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

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

- Moshe Dayan

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