“A biography should be faithful to the truth. I do not believe that a biography of a man should be all praises, it should be both [praise and criticism] because it is not bad to show the human side of a person. You make him human by painting the defects.”

“You should see my personality on every page of my book, because I am the author. The book reflects the personality of the author. Do you expect my work to reflect the personality of another?”

“Who is this historian who can say that he's telling the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth. Nobody, because you're human.”

“The attitude of a student in history should be do not accept anything until proven otherwise. Doubt everything including your parentage! Including your parentage!”

“I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.”

“You see, this is one big defect of many people... They see nothing good in people they don't like. And this is dangerous.”

“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include and what not to include in his work, is proof that history is never objective.”