I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer.
Meaning of the quote
Moshe Dayan, an Israeli soldier, had only one eye. He was trying to explain that he could not easily focus on both the road and the speedometer at the same time. He was asking someone to tell him whether they wanted him to watch the road or the speedometer, since he could only look at one thing clearly with his one eye.
About Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan was a renowned Israeli military leader and politician. He played a crucial role in several key conflicts, including the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the 1956 Sinai War, and the 1967 Six-Day War. Dayan’s life and career were marked by his dedication to the security and defense of the state of Israel.
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If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
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We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds.
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We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.
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If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.
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I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.
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I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.
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There is no more Palestine. Finished.
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Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor.
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Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.
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I have the strength to endure it all.
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Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.
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The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands.
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I don’t think we should be a model family living in a model home.
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The Jews have opened fire, and they are unready to begin a war.
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Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist.
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Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
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We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
I feel I’ve lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
After all, we are not children. It’s time we planned our life.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.
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Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.
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It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
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We are a small nation, but strong.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
It’s a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.
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It isn’t a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven’t been effective.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
Most important, don’t do anything you don’t want.
Israeli military leader and politician (1915-1981)
Who needs such a long intestine, anyway?
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