Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight.

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.

We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

He who can not support himself, can not take his own decision

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing.

There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.

We're a sentimental people. We like a few kind words better than millions of dollars given in a humiliating way.

I don't act; I react.

What few rules appear to be in place are all made up.

I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.

One never quite allows for the moron in our midst.

Good leadership is about the company's success, not your own.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.

Beginnings are always hard.

I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963.

Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.

The little cares, fears, tears, timid misgivings, sleepless fancies of I don't know how many days and nights, were forgotten under one moment's influence of that familiar, irresistible smile.