"Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well."

"When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept."

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

"Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one."

"A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it."

"Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."

"If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."

"Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing."