My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be its first indigenous head of state. What more could one desire in life?

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them.

No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.

Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.

Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar.

It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.

There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.