David Ben-Gurion

The Negev is the cradle of the Jewish people.

We must expel the Arabs and take their places.

If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true that God promised it to us, but how could that concern them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see only one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?

We should prepare for a war against the Arabs and conquer their territories.

It is not enough that we establish a state. We must also conquer the land.

I am not afraid of the Arabs. I am afraid of Jewish cowardice.

We accept the UN resolution, but we know that after the armistice, we will expand our borders.

Without phosphorus, there is no Zionism.

The Arabs must be removed from the Negev.

We are not interested in peace for peace's sake. We are interested in peace for Israel's sake.

The future of Israel depends on its ability to populate the land.

We must educate our youth to be fighters, not scholars.

The Arabs are not our friends, and they never will be.

We must establish facts on the ground.

The state of Israel will be a light unto the nations, but first it must be a strong nation.

We have no choice but to fight for our existence.

The borders of the state are not fixed. They will be determined by our strength.

We must make the desert bloom, and the land our own.

The greatest danger to Israel is not the Arabs, but the internal divisions among Jews.

We will build a strong army that will defend our borders and our people.