The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.

Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

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

The Arabs of the land of Israel [ Palestinians] have only one functionleft to them -- to run away.

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 the antisemites want to hate, let them hate, and let them go to hell.