It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it -- all the associations which a different word has.

The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

After eighty, there are no enemies, only survivors.

Let me first tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the world says about Israel; it doesn't matter what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that matters is that we can exist here on the land of our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we won't survive.

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter, for before us lies not only the numbers of these children but the historical reckoning of the people of Israel.