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.
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
Peace is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting. Peace, to have meaning for many who have known only suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health, and education, as well as freedom and human dignity - a steadily better life. If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world, the underprivileged and the undernourished, must begin to realize without delay the promise of a new day and a new life.
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose sombre shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.
Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.
When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.
Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.
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