Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us -…

Quote by David Ben Gurion

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Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come...

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come...

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

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

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

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

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

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

There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them...

There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them...

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud,...

The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud,...

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good...

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good...

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how...

Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how...

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.