Time & Perspective Quote by Moshe Sharett

Backlash is treated here not as a risk but as an entry fee. Sharett’s line compresses a whole statesman’s worldview into a single tactical pivot: if resistance is inevitable, the only real choice is whether to meet it passively or convert it into momentum. The phrasing has the sober, consequential rhythm of a leader speaking to colleagues who know they’re operating in a narrow corridor of time, where hesitation carries its own cost.

The subtext is political triage. “Unavoidable” quietly disciplines dissent inside the room: stop arguing about whether opponents will react; they will. That clears the deck for the real argument - how to act, how fast, and how decisively. “Make the most” is deliberately modest, almost managerial language, masking the magnitude of what’s being contemplated. It’s a rhetorical move that normalizes extraordinary action by describing it as prudent stewardship.

Then comes the emotional lever: “momentous chance,” “history,” “so swiftly and so unexpectedly.” Sharett frames events as a sudden opening, the kind that rewards those who move before the window slams shut. That’s also a subtle moral claim: if history has “presented” an opportunity, failing to seize it becomes not caution but negligence. In the context of mid-century state-building and the volatile aftermath of war, partition, and displacement, the sentence reads like an argument for urgency under uncertainty - and an acknowledgment that legitimacy will be contested either way. The line works because it fuses realism with a legitimizing narrative of destiny, turning political acceleration into a duty rather than a gamble.