We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places.

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

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

The past is our very being.

The law is whatever people determine it to be.

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 do not want to create a situation like that which exists in South Africa, where the whites are the owners and rulers, and the blacks are the workers. If we do not do all kinds of work, easy and hard, skilled and unskilled, if we become merely landlords, then this will not be our homeland