“Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.”

“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.”

“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert”

“אם אלוהים רוצה גם מטאטא יורה”

“Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.”

“The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried the fight for independence forward a year of all-too-few victories, of sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear, as they would never forget, but also of phenomenal courage and bedrock devotion to country, and that, too they would never forget.”

“Charity is detrimental unless it helps the recipient become independent of it.”