"No city in the world, not even Athens and Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation for so long a time, as Jerusalem has done in the life of the Jewish people." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Our Holy Scriptures are not only a religious book, but the foundation of our literature, our language and our history, and the sole source of them." ~~ Rav Tza’ir
"The history of the world is the judge of the world." ~~ H ermann Ullmann
"The legends of a nation reveal its character to us more clearly than its acts and accidents." ~~ Jacob Klatzkin
"Our task today is harder than Moses’; he had only to deliver Israel from one Egypt, we must deliver it from many." ~~ Manachem Ussishkin
"Blood and fire and pillars of smoke—Joel (Yoel) 3:3—this is the whole history of the Jews; the rest is commentary; study it." ~~ Isaac Kaminer
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Judaism is an historical religion." ~~ Moses Hess
"One kingdom comes and another goes, but Israel abices for ever." ~~ Baraitha
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. " ~~ Golda Meir
"By justice a king makes the kingdom firm and strong." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:4
"The inner history of a people is contained in its songs." ~~ Rabbi Adolph Jellinek