Miriam Margolyes Quotes

If Jews don't come to Nazareth, Arabs don't go to Afula. There is fear on both sides.

… without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.... Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that accompanies and consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit all around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.

It's tough sometimes for groups of people and animals to let go of that fear that can so easily bubble back up to the surface.

Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.

Jewish extremism and Islamic fanaticism fed each other.

The greatest enemy to man is man.

If you'd like to know how the Serbs in my district feel about everything, Mr. President, I can tell you there's not a one of them who wouldn't hang you from the nearest lamppost if they had the chance.

Weakness and ambivalence lead to war

When suspicion and hostility is allowed to fester, it can erupt into unrest.

Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

Ignorance breeds fear and hatred.

How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.

The world is not violent. But there is a lot of violence in it.

Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous.

If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.

Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.

The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.