Quote by David Ben-Gurion

"The pioneers and builders of the Jewish state were not content to be merely passive subjects but insisted on being active agents of their own destiny."

David Ben-Gurion Leadership
Prime Minister, Founding Father Israeli-Polish 1886–1973

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