Now in the light of past and present events the bitter truth must be spoken. We feared too little and we hoped too much. We underestimated the bestiality of the enemy; we overestimtaed the humanity, the wisdom, the sense of justice of our friends.

Palestine must be built up without violating the legitimate interests of the Arabs.. Palestine is not Rhodesia... 600,0000 Arabs live there, who before the sense of justice of the world have exactly the same rights to their homes as we have to our National Home.

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.

Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.

As scientists the two men were contrasting types—Einstein all calculation, Rutherford all experiment ... There was no doubt that as an experimenter Rutherford was a genius, one of the greatest. He worked by intuition and everything he touched turned to gold. He had a sixth sense.

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.