Quotes by 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.

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

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.

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

Since we cannot defeat Israel in war; we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.

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

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

This is my homeland no one can kick me out.

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.

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

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