If I was an Arab leader I would never make [peace] with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Everybody sees a difficulty in the question of relations between Arabs and Jews. But not everybody sees that there is no solution… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural:… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs,… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
A partial Jewish State is not the end, but only the beginning. ... I am certain that we will not be prevented… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Why should the Arabs make peace? If I was an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The assets of the Jewish National Home must be created exclusively through our own work, for only the product of the Hebrew labor can… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of the people.… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We must assist the British in the war as if there were no White Paper and we must resist the White Paper as if… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We regard it as our duty to declare that Jewish Jerusalem is an organic and inseparable part of the State of Israel, as it… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We don't consider manual work as a curse, or a bitter necessity, not even as a means of making a living. We consider it… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
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