A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

On one side, the forces of destruction, the forces of the desert, have risen, and on the other hand stand firm the forces of civilization, but we will not be stopped.

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

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.

The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people in whom he has confidence that his livelihood is in danger of being taken away from him by us, he becomes our mortal enemy. . . The Arab is primitive and believes what he is told.

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

Lenin had taken part in Jewish student meetings in Switzerland thirty-five years before.