Israel's economic and cultural progress is due to three things: the pioneering spirit that inspires the best of our immigrant and Israeli youth, who respond to the challenge of our desolute areas and the ingathering of the exiles; the feeling of Diaspora Jewry that they are partners in the enterprise of Israel's resurgence in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people; and the power of science, and technology which Israel unceasingly, and not without success, tries to enhance.

The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values.

The old will die and the young will forget.

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

It's not enough to be up to date, you have to be up to tomorrow.

I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?

In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.