Meir Kahane quotes

Meir Kahane was an American clergyman, activist, and founder of the Jewish Defense League. His outspoken views on Jewish identity and advocacy for Jewish self-defense often sparked controversy and debate. He became a significant and polarizing figure in both American and Israeli political life. Here are 32 of his quotes:

I prefer a powerful and proud Jewish State that is hated by the entire world than an Auschwitz that is loved by one and all. (Meir Kahane)
There is no greater anti-Semite that the Jewish one, and none hates the Jewish people more than the Jewish traitor and apostate. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. View quote
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No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place. View quote
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The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand. View quote
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The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who when they had all the territories they now demand be given to them for their state -attempted to drive the Jewish state into the sea. View quote
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I say the Arabs must leave Israel, precisely because I believe if the Arabs stay, they'll become the 'good Arabs' as I understand the term. View quote
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The question is as follows: if the Arabs settle among us and make enough children to become a majority, will Israel continue to be a Jewish state? Do we have to accept that the Arab majority will decide? Obviously, nobody in Israel can accept this. Because to accept this would amount to being anti-Zionist! View quote
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Every Arab is a proud Arab, a good nationalist. And because of this, he is opposed to the existence of the state of Israel. (Meir Kahane)
Western democracy has to be ruled out. For me that's cut and dried: there's no question of setting up democracy in Israel, because democracy means equal rights for all, irrespective of racial or religious origins. Therefore democracy and Zionism cannot go together. And Israel's Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed this state to be a Jewish state, is a totally schizophrenic document. You just can't, on the one hand, want a Jewish state and at the same time give non-Jews the right to become a majority. View quote
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Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago. View quote
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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, be compelled to turn to G-d. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent. View quote
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Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are. View quote
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There is the illusion of the world and the reality of the Torah. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Meir Kahane)
Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies. View quote
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