United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory.

Most things which are urgent are not important, and most things which are important are not urgent.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Despite the present, temporary interests that Israel has in common with France and Britain, you ought not to forget that the strength of Israel and her future are bound up with the United States.

I get weary of the European habit of taking our money, resenting any slight hint as to what they should do, and then assuming, in addition, full right to criticize us as bitterly as they may desire.