Quotes by Meir Kahane

About Meir Kahane:

Meir David Kahane was an American-Israeli rabbi, ultra-Zionist political figure, teacher and writer, whose work became either the direct or indirect foundation of most modern Jewish militant and far right-wing political groups. He was an ordained Orthodox rabbi and later served as a member of the Israeli Knesset.
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The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies.

Meir Kahane

For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, b...

Meir Kahane

Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing.

Meir Kahane

The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.

Meir Kahane

I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would bring on us a slow Auschwitz - not with gas, but with knives and hatchets.

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Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.

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The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.

Meir Kahane

There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah.

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The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid.

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Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city.

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The Jewish nation is indeed, the heart of the world and there is no reason for the existence of empires, kings, rulers, masses or systems aside from their reaction to the Jewish people.

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It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

Meir Kahane

Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are.

Meir Kahane

I see all this and know that if we are to save the Jewish state and its three-and-a-half million Jews from terrible horrors, we must rise up and demand a fundamental change in the very system of government.

Meir Kahane

If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists.

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Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.

Meir Kahane

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

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Life is essentially a question of values.

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The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence.

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We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

Meir Kahane

Author Bio

  • NameMeir Kahane
  • DescriptionAmerican/Israeli political activist and rabbi
  • BornAugust 1, 1932
  • DiedNovember 5, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Israel
  • ProfessionPolitician; Rabbi