- Leader | August 4, 1929 - November 11, 2004
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
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The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
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How can I shave in the midst of guerrilla warfare? On battlefields, we have no facilities for shaving, and that was why I first grew my beard.
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Though I am not a chief of state, I must work twice as hard as one because I have to both administer a bureaucracy and run a revolution.
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I call on all the countries of the world, especially the donor countries, to speed up their contributions so that the Palestinian people may overcome their economic and social problems and proceed with reconstruction and the rebuilding of infrastructures.
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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.
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Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
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Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.
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Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.
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This is my homeland no one can kick me out.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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As long as we have decided to coexist in peace, we must do so on a firm basis that will withstand time and for generations.
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