Common Quote by David Ben-Gurion

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

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

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

— David Ben-Gurion

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

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

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

You must talk to us as equals, or not talk to us at all.

— David Ben-Gurion

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

The past is our very being.

— David Ben-Gurion

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

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

We have preserved the Book, and the Book has preserved us.

— David Ben-Gurion