We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.

- Yasser Arafat

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

- Yasser Arafat

This is my homeland no one can kick me out.

- Yasser Arafat

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

- Yasser Arafat

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

- Yasser Arafat

Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.

- Yasser Arafat

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.

- Yasser Arafat

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.

- Yasser Arafat

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

- Yasser Arafat

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

- Yasser Arafat

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.

- Yasser Arafat

Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.

- Yasser Arafat