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.

You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.

Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel's legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement.... There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its 'right to exist' a favor, or a negotiable concession.

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.

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.