Yeshayahu Leibowitz

“[W]ithout an agreement imposed from the outside, our situation will deteriorate to that of a second Vietnam, to a war in constant escalation without the prospect of ultimate resolution.”

“"Security" is a reality only where there is true peace between neighbors, as in the case of Holland/Belgium, Sweden/Norway, the United States/Canada.  In the absence of peace there is no security, and no geographic-strategic settlement on the land can change this.  There is no direct link between security and the territories.”

“Our security has been diminished rather than enhanced as a result of the conquests in this war.”

“As for the "religious" arguments for the annexation of the territories—these are only an expression, subconsciously or perhaps even overtly hypocritical, of the transformation of the Jewish religion into a camouflage for Israeli nationalism.  Counterfeit religion identifies national interests with the service of God and imputes to the state—which is only an instrument serving human needs—supreme value from a religious standpoint.”

“Not every "return to Zion" is a religiously significant achievement: one sort of return which may be described in the words of the prophet: "When you returned you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination" (Jeremiah 2:7).”

“Most characteristic of the Halakhah is its lack of pathos.”

“Only a religion addressed to life's prose, a religion of the dull routine of daily activity, is worthy of the name.”

“The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself.”

“From a religious point of view the triadic classification of being as nature, spirit, and God has no validity. There is only the dyad: nature, which includes the human spirit, and God. The only way man can break the bonds of nature is by cleaving to God; by acting in compliance with the divine will rather than in accordance with the human will.”

“The essence of Jewish faith is consistent with no embodiment other than the system of halakhic praxis.”

“Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth”