If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life.

- Yitzhak Shamir

We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization.

- Yitzhak Shamir

The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.

- Yitzhak Shamir

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.

- Yitzhak Shamir

In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.

- Yitzhak Shamir

The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.

- Yitzhak Shamir

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.

- Yitzhak Shamir

Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city, will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever.

- Yitzhak Shamir

All of the land of Israel is ours.

- Yitzhak Shamir

Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return.

- Yitzhak Shamir

We must never bend too much.

- Yitzhak Shamir