We must assist the British in the war as if there were no White Paper and we must resist the White Paper as if there were no war.

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

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.

Since I invoke Torah so often, let me state that I don't personally believe in the God it postulates ... I am not religious, nor were the majority of the early builders of Israel believers. Yet their passion for this land stemmed from the Book of Books ... [The Bible is] the single most important book in my life.

It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.

The old will die and the young will forget.