"We, the members of the National Council, representing the Jewish people in Palestine and the Zionist movement of the world,…Hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish State in Palestine, to be called Israel. [May 14, 1948]" ~~ Israeli Declaration of Independence
"I will make of you a great nation." ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 12:2
"Why is Israel like a dove? Other birds, when tired, rest on a branch; but when the dove tires, she rests one wing and flies with the other." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 39:10
"Just as the nation creates its own history, so, too, is it created by it." ~~ Simon M. Dubnov
"Those who will find here a hold for their souls, an anvil for their hands, and vitality for their hearts, will build both their lives and the land." ~~ Berl Katznelson
"Every people has its own melody…But Israel sings all of them, in order to bring them all to God." ~~ Abraham Yaakov
"A people’s only national literature is the one written in its national language." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"In its relations with other nations, those responsible for representing its government in foreign affairs, must proudly assert its Jewish pride and traditions which is certain to enhance the esteem with which Israel will be regarded. " ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"The landlessness of the Jewish people has been the source of its malady and tragedy." ~~ Dov Ber Borochov
"The Holy One will turn the Ninth of Ab into joy…and will Himself build Jerusalem and gather therein the exiles of Israel." ~~ Midrash Zuta, Eika
"A Jew in exile, even if he wish to be a Jew, will be perforce a Gentile; a Jew in the Land of Israel, even if he wish to be a Gentile, is perforce a Jew." ~~ Menachem Ussishkin
"The ransomed of the Lord shall return…with singing to Zion." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 35:10
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