David Levy Quotes

I do not believe in terrorism, violence, destruction, murder, pre-emption, or War.

Anybody who resorts to violence will have no friends in the United States.

Some day we may be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our children, but we will never forgive them for making us kill some of theirs.

Terror can never be defeated by force alone.

War is what happens when language fails.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

Violence against violence? That will never solve the problem.

Violence is the only way to answer violence.

We are not going to negotiate with anyone who is committed to our destruction.

We can forgive [the Arabs] for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with [the Arabs] when they love their children more than they hate us...

Instead of a man of peace and love, I have become a man of violence and revenge.

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.

How do we stop ourselves from blowing each other up because we think that God wants us to blow each other up.

No doubt it requires two to fight. But both of them need not necessarily be fighters. It is, all the same, a fight, even if one goes on beating and the other gets beaten. There is no guarantee that others would behave properly with us even if we remain peaceful and cordial with them.

The most peaceful and responsible thing this body could do is listen to the complaints of people who have resorted to violent action.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

I did not want bloodshed. I did not want my people killed. I did not want anybody killed....I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.

We are destined to live together, on the same soil in the same land. We, the soldiers who have returned from battle stained with blood, we who have seen our relatives and friends killed before our eyes, we who have attended their funerals and cannot look into the eyes of their parents, we who have come from a land where parents bury their children, we who have fought against you, the Palestinians We say to you today in a loud and clear voice: Enough of blood and tears. Enough. We have no desire for revenge. We harbor no hatred towards you. We, like you, are people who want to build a home, to plant a tree, to love, live side by side with you in dignity, in empathy, as human beings, as free men. We are today giving peace a chance and again saying to you in a clear voice: Enough.

Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.

Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.

No kind of bomb ever built will extinguish hatred.