"We have guarded the Book for thousands of years and it has guarded us." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The highest test for the Jewish State will be in its spirit, in its loyalty to the great purposes of the Prophets as they envisioned for the end of days." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Jerusalem is the very heart of the Jewish State." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The Land made us a people." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"There is one thing a man cannot change—his parents." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Tradition must be a spring-board into the future, not an arm-chair for repose." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"There is no cure for those who know the truth but mean to reject it." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"There are times when an individual feels he should do those things which only can and should be done by the many. 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. " ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there can be no national independence." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Land is the source of life and creation, of culture and true independence." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it — all the associations which a different word has." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values." ~~ David Ben-Gurion