Menachem Begin Quotes

I don’t see any role for American peacekeepers in the Middle East because there is no peace to be kept.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else.

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.

Nobody ever lost any money betting against Arab-Israeli peace

We have accomplished our mission of stopping Iraq's drive to take over Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East. We should begin to reduce our forces in Saudi Arabia, ever so slowly, and look to a more multinational force to keep the peace.

Sinai is demilitarized in accordance with the Israel-Egypt peace agreement.

The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.

It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.

As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous.

We have had enough of meetings for meetings’ sake in the Middle East.

Any state surrounded by enemies will seek strategic depth.

Security and peace are not cheap.

Peace is a goal, but what we need first is security.

Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

As a geographic location, Greece offers the best bases in the NATO Alliance from which to operate in the trouble spots of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Israel is a force of good in the world.