David Ben-Gurion quotes

" In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. " # Miracles # Reality # Belief

" Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. " # Miracles # Belief # Reality

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

" This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all, there is room for only one Prime Minister, but for those who make the desert bloom there is room for hundreds, thousands and even millions. And the destiny of the state is in the hands of the many rather than of a single individual. There are times when an individual feels he should do those things which only can and should be done by the many. " # Uncategorised # Politicians and Politics # Love

" Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. " # Independence # Morality # Action

" In order to be realist you must believe in miracles. " # Miracles # Reality # Belief

" Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared. " # Courage # Fear # Knowledge

" Everybody sees a difficulty in the question of relations between Arabs and Jews. But not everybody sees that there is no solution to this question. No solution! There is a gulf, and nothing can bridge it… We, as a nation, want this country to be ours; the Arabs, as a nation, want this country to be theirs. " # Judaism and Jews

" Under no circumstances must we touch land belonging to fellahs or worked by them. Only if a fellah leaves his place of settlement, should we offer to buy his land, at an appropriate price. " # America

" We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places. " # Reason