A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal..

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives..

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what t….

One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distin….

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been..

Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives.

Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals..

Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. ….

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say..

Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative..

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort..

Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific ….

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement..

It [idolatry] nourishes mans ambition to domineer over his fellow man. Idolatry, therefore, is the source of all social and moral evil in the world..

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender..

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 a….

Better to be disliked than pitied..

Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 oth….

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be..

Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity..

Israel is not an aviary..