We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate.
Menachem BeginRead
No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.
Interpretation
The quote advocates for an end to conflict and promotes a message of peace and unity.
Menachem Begin's quote calls for a cessation of wars and violence, emphasizing the importance of peace. By using the terms 'Shalom' and 'salaam', which mean peace in Hebrew and Arabic respectively, he highlights a universal desire for harmony among all people, transcending cultural and religious differences.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a peace rally to inspire participants.
We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate.
I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear.
My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.
Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And forever.
In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods.
We must be prepared to see an Association of Nations in conference growing into an organic system of world controls for world affairs and the keeping of the worldβs peace, or we must be prepared for β a continuation of war.
The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
If we are to create peace in our world, we must begin with our children.
Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.
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