Naftali Bennett Quotes

The yeshiva where I studied considers itself modern Orthodox, not ultra-Orthodox. We followed a rigorous secular curriculum alongside traditional Talmud and Bible study.

And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

I study Torah all the time.

I come from a Hasidic background; I am only one generation removed.

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

One is also obligated to divide one's [learning] time into three: a third for learning the Written Torah, a third for learning the Oral Torah and a third in which to understand and comprehend what one learnt into the first two thirds by deriving facts from other facts

I campaign all the time.

I live on civil terms with Mr. Adams but not on intimate ones.

Yeshivas barely teach any Bible, only Talmud.

Being Orthodox Jewish is kind of like being raised on like network sitcoms.

You're not a human till you're in my phone book. There. My hat is now in the political ring.

You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.

What if more and more parents, grandparents and kids around the country band together to create outdoor adventure clubs, family nature networks, family outdoor clubs, or green gyms? What if this approach becomes the norm in every community?

It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.

The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going.

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

Theres a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.

Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.

Lawyers are natural politicians.

The problem with the old ideology was that it suppressed the individual by starting with society. But it is from a sense of individual duty that we connect the greater good and the interests of the community

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.

It's the connection between schools and communities that creates greatness in schools.

Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.