I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism.

An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?.

Arabs respect only the language of force.

A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face.

I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.