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

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

Not the absorption capacity of the land, but the creative ability of a people, is the true yardstick with which we can measure the immigration potentialities of the land.

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

The old will die and the young will forget.

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.

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