“We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood” Quote by Gamal Abdel Nasser
“In view of the fourteen incidents of sabotage and infiltration perpetrated in the past month alone, Israel may have no other choice but to adopt suitable countermeasures against the focal points of sabotage. Israel will continue to take action to prevent any and all attempts to perpetrate sabotage within her territory. There will be no immunity for any state which aids or abets such acts.” MayWarStatesActionPastChoicesViewsMonthsIsraelAidsTerritoryIncidentsSuitableFourteenSabotageImmunityFocal PointInfiltrationAbet Author:Levi Eshkol
“Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state at all” WantWarStatesGovernmentClearIntentionIsraelAggressiveEgypt Author:Levi Eshkol
“Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international navigation in the Straits in 1957 and thereafter. There can be no doubt that these warnings reached Cairo. One thing was now clear. If Nasser imposed a blockade, the explosion would ensue not from 'miscalculation', but from an open-eyed and conscious readiness for war.” IfsWarStatesClearDoubtOne ThingConsciousRegardIntentionInternationalMinistersNo DoubtWarningClosingExplosionsReadinessNavigationCairoBlockadesMiscalculations Author:Abba Eban
“"a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter"” WarLastsNationsChanceUnitedPrinciplesJudgmentErrorsUnited NationsCharterLast Chance Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige of that organization” NeedsFirstsWarNationsUnitedEffortOrganizationCrisisImmenseUnited NationsPrestigeCasualtiesSuperhuman Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“"We will coordinate efforts of the PLO with responsible authorities in Jordan in all fields - politically, militarily and materially..." "It was very probable that the Jordan army might start the battle."” WarMightEffortFieldsBattleAuthorityArmyResponsibleJordanCoordinates Author:Ahmad Shukeiri
“If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent, maritime passage must be preserved for all nations” IfsWarWould BeNationsDecisionDangerousResponsibleInnocentFollyPassagesArbitraryExplosionsMaritime Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“In the middle of a conversation, she'll frequently say something like, "Young people are heartless, they don't have any respect anymore." I nod agreement in hopes that she'll stop right there, but secretly I'm convinced that the heart is the same as it's always been; there's simply less hypocrisy, that's all. Young people aren't naturally selfish, any more than old folks are naturally wise. Your age doesn't have anything to do with whether you're sensitive or shallow; it's a question of the path your life takes.” PeopleHeartAgeYoungPathWiseMiddleYouthLike YouConversationFolksConvincedSelfishSensitiveHypocrisyAgreementShallowHeartless Author:Susanna Tamaro
“People are always talking about the joys of youth-but, oh, how youth can suffer!” PeopleJoySufferingTalkingYouth Author:May Sarton
“Youth, though it may lack knowledge, is certainly not devoid of intelligence; it sees through shams with sharp and terrible eyes.” MayEyeYouthTerrible Author:H. L. Mencken