Quotation from Moshe Sharett “The state of Israel cannot be ruled … without deceit and adventurism” — 1956
2nd "moderate" President of Israel, in his notebooks, shortly before his resignation in 1956.
Author :
- Sharett, Moshe (1894-1965) ( 10 quotations )
- It is permissible to lie in the interest of Israel ( 7 quotations )
- Colonization: never more than breaks ( 57 quotations )
- Only strength gives the right ( 33 quotations )
- State terrorism after 1948 ( 45 quotations )
" 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. . . In the end, history will justify both the stratagems and deceit and the acts of adventurism. All I know is that I, Sharett, Moshe, am not capable of them, and I am therefore unsuited to lead this country. "
Quoted by Simha Flapan (former National Secretary of MAPAM party) The birth of Israël. Myths and realities , Croom Helm, 1987, pp. 52-53.
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