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01Undated

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

David Ben-Gurion / quote

02Undated

In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

David Ben-Gurion / quote

03Undated

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 / quote

04Undated

The past is our very being.

David Ben-Gurion / quote

05Undated

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.

David Ben-Gurion / quote

06Undated

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

David Ben-Gurion / quote

07Undated

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.

David Ben-Gurion / quote

08Undated

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.

David Ben-Gurion / quote

09Undated

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 / quote

10Undated

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 / quote