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David Ben-Gurion [1886-1973] Israeli
Rank: 103
Statesman, Former Prime Minister of Israel


David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946.

Courage, Fear, Knowledge, Change, Faith, History, Hope, Independence, Intelligence



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If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.
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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. Independence
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In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs. Change, History
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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. Courage, Fear, Knowledge
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Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. Hope
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Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times. Intelligence
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Courage is... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. Courage, Fear, Knowledge
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Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.
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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.
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The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives of Europe and America.
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Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport. Faith
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There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million.
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