If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter, for before us lies not only the numbers of these children but the historical reckoning of the people of Israel.


Attributed to Ben-Gurion (pre-War 1939) by Martin Gilbert in "Israel was everything" in The New York Times (21 June 1987)

David Ben-Gurion Quotes

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of ...

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of ...

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of ...

If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to the Land of ...