Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.