Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message. - David Ben-Gurion

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Courage is... 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

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If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion

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Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. - David Ben-Gurion

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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. - David Ben-Gurion

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. - David Ben-Gurion

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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

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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. - David Ben-Gurion

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

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