"Three things are best beloved by a man: homeland, children, and life." ~~ Menashe Ben Israel
"Palestine should be as distinctly Jewish as England is English." ~~ Chaim Weizmann
"The national ego is the father of the personal. " ~~ Aaron David Gordon
"It is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be saved out of it. " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 30:7
"Jerusalem which is bound firmly together (Psalms [Tehillim] 122:3) binds the Jews one to the other. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Bava Kamma
"To see in history a moral purpose and a task for a people on earth is a great discovery, far more important than the accounts of battles and intrigues that have plagued humanity from time immemorial." ~~ Jacob Singer
"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
"The Lord will bless His people with peace." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 29:11
"The future of a nation is in its past." ~~ Yochanan Tversky
"All Jews are responsible each for the other." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"Again will I build you…He that scattered Israel will gather and guard him as a shepherd his flock." ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 31:3,9
"Judaism is a nation and a creed at one and the same time." ~~ Joseph Klausner