Moshe Sharett Quotes

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

A game is not won until it is lost.

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

This is not a place where the West can achieve victory.

What the hell is going on? I thought we were winning the war.

Generals make plans. Plans go wrong. And soldiers die.

Crises there will continue to be ... Threats of new kinds will always appear.

In war, everything changes. You are very selective of what you do because everything you do can be the last thing you do in your life.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

The War is not over (and the one that is, or the part of it, has been largely lost). But it is of course wrong to fall into such a mood, for Wars are always lost, and War always goes on; and it is no good growing faint.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)

We only know how to lose and be lost.

We live in very, very, very dangerous times.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able to report, and the kind of stories people will tell you.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

We remain essentially a nation under siege.

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.

What we now have in Iraq is a defeat.