I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.