Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

Israel is not an aviary.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.