This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all, there is room for only one Prime Minister, but for those who make the desert bloom there is room for hundreds, thousands and even millions. And the destiny of the state is in the hands of the many rather than of a single individual. There are times when an individual feels he should do those things which only can and should be done by the many.

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

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.

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

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.

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

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