David Ben-Gurion

In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

It is not enough to be a good Jew; you must be a good human being.

The old will die and the young will forget.

The State of Israel will be established.

We will make the desert bloom.

There is no status quo in life. The world is changing, and we must change with it.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, in Russia or in England, in China or in France, stops being a Jew and becomes a citizen of the country where he lives, he is lost to us.

We must attack, attack, attack.

The future of Israel depends on the Negev.

We didn't come here to live in peace. We came here to conquer.

We will not give up an inch of our land.

The question is not what the world thinks of us, but what we do.

The State of Israel is not a means, but an end.

We must always remember that we are a small people in a hostile ocean.

The main thing is to build, to settle, to create facts on the ground.

The Bible is our mandate.

We came to this country which was a country without a people, and we settled it amongst a people without a country.

The only way to ensure peace is to be strong.

We do not accept the partition of Palestine.

History is not made by those who are afraid.