Anyone who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: Miracles
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: Independence
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: Miracles, Faith, Belief
Anyone who believes you can’t change history has never tried to write his memoirs.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: History
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.
—David Ben-Gurion
The past is our very being.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: Reflection
Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world – the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.
—David Ben-Gurion
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 not to be feared.
—David Ben-Gurion
Topics: Fear, Bravery, Courage
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