David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion, born David Grün; 16 October 1886, Płońsk, Poland – 1 December 1973, Tel Aviv, Israel) was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 October 1886
CityPlonsk, Poland
CountryIsrael
law people determine
The law is whatever people determine it to be.
dream country eye
The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and honey but not with sufficient water, rich in rocks and sand dunes but poor in natural resources and vital raw materials, has been no easy task: Indeed, practical men, with their eyes fixed upon things as they are, regarded it as an empty and insubstantial utopian dream.
home hebrew assets
The assets of the Jewish National Home must be created exclusively through our own work, for only the product of the Hebrew labor can serve as the national estate.
country mean agreement
A partial Jewish State is not the end, but only the beginning. ... I am certain that we well not be prevented from settling in the other parts of the country, either by mutual agreements with our Arab neighbors or by some other means. . . [If the Arabs refuse] we shall have to speak to them in another language. But we shall only have another language if we have a state.
art practice
Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.
what-matters goyim matter
What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do.
believe miracle luck
To be realistic, you have to believe in miracles.
country russia america
Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.
steps terrorism jew
From Jewish terrorism against Arabs it is a short step to Jewish terrorism against Jews.
israel return palestinian-refugees
We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return
war israel needs
The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war.
You must talk to us as equals, or not talk to us at all.
israel intellectual enemy
The most dangerous enemy to Israel's security is the intellectual inertia of those who are responsible for security.
freedom anchors intellectual
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.