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
In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of… — 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,… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Let me first tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the world says about Israel; it doesn't matter what they say… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The Arabs of the land of Israel [ Palestinians] have only one functionleft to them -- to run away. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan and Syria. The weak point is… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places. — 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
It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
In the midst of wanton aggression, we still call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Since I invoke Torah so often, let me state that I don't personally believe in the God it postulates ... I am… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
If I knew that it would be possible to save all the children in Germany by bringing them over to England and… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We offer peace and neighborliness to all the neighboring states and their peoples, and invite them to cooperate with the independent Hebrew… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
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
It's not a matter of maintaining the status quo. We have to create a dynamic state, oriented towards expansion. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Israel will not discuss a peace involving the concession of any piece of territory. The neighboring states do not deserve an inch… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
We do not want to create a situation like that which exists in South Africa, where the whites are the owners and… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
Israel's economic and cultural progress is due to three things: the pioneering spirit that inspires the best of our immigrant and Israeli… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war. — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of… — 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
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