"The state of Israel represents and speaks only on behalf of its own citizens, and in no way presumes to represent or speak in the name of the Jews who are citizens of any other country." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The Land made us a people." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Tradition must be a spring-board into the future, not an arm-chair for repose." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"1948, a year of uniqueness and blessing, which will shine always upon the life of every one of us, and its light will blaze in Jewish history for ever and ever." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"We have guarded the Book for thousands of years and it has guarded us." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"There is one thing a man cannot change—his parents." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Jerusalem is the very heart of the Jewish State." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The ghetto outlook divided the universe into two: this world for the Gentile and the next world for the Jew." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"The worse deceit is self-deceit." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Thought is a strenuous art — few practice it, and then only at rare times." ~~ 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