Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
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Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.David Ben-Gurion
We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.
David Ben-Gurion
In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of the people.... And after the nation turned back to its land with strength, it protected it steadfastly....
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
Work is a high human function...the most dignified thing in the life of man.
David Ben-Gurion
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.
David Ben-Gurion
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