No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious bigotry, as we have had in certain periods of our own history. There is no room for that kind of foolishness here.