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.

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

Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs.

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter, for before us lies not only the numbers of these children but the historical reckoning of the people of Israel.

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

The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war.

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