Not being beautiful was the true blessing... Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.