"In Basle I founded the Jewish State. If I said it today, it would be greeted with laughter; but in five years, perhaps, certainly in fifty years, everyone will see it. A State is founded essentially on the will of the people for the State. (September 30, 1897)" ~~ Theodor Herzl
"All Jews are brothers." ~~ Tanchuma
"No spot in the Land of Israel is empty of God’s Presence. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"He [God] will assemble the dispersed of Israel." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 11:12
"There is a divine covenant in everyone’s heart: to love his native soil—despite its climate." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 34:15
"The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs." ~~ Max Nordau
"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
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