What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are we youths of fourteen who, if the…

- Menachem Begin

The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We…

- Menachem Begin

We were granted the right to exist by the God of our fathers at the glimmer of the dawn of human civilization nearly 4,000 years ago. For that right,…

- Menachem Begin

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war.

- Menachem Begin

In the name of Jerusalem. If I forget the extermination of the Jews, may my right hand wither, may my tongue stick to my palate if I cease to think o…

- Menachem Begin

No more wars, no more bloodshed, and no more threats.

- Menachem Begin

There will be no fraternal strife while the foe is at the gate.

- 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…

- 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 t…

- Menachem Begin