Yasser Arafat
Palestinian leader
Sayings by Yasser Arafat
We will build our state with our own hands.
The international community has a responsibility to protect the Palestinian people.
I am a man of peace.
We have paid a heavy price.
The Palestinian people will never kneel.
I am a symbol of resistance.
Our cause is a just cause.
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.
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
The PLO is now ready to negotiate with Israel, but only if Israel recognizes the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
I am not afraid of death. I have been near death many times.
The revolution continues until victory!
We are fighting for the liberation of our homeland, and we will not stop until the last inch of Palestine is free.
The Palestine Liberation Organization will continue to struggle until the Zionist entity is liquidated.
We consider ourselves the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people, and we will never relinquish our right to self-determination.
The rifle is the only answer to the Zionist aggression.
We are a nation of martyrs, and we are ready to sacrifice everything for the liberation of Palestine.
Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.
We will not rest until we have hoisted the Palestinian flag over Jerusalem.
The Palestinian revolution is an integral part of the international liberation movement.