"Who pities not mankind, be it known that he is not the seed of our Father Abraham! " ~~ Talmud, Beitza
"Sinning in Eretz Israel is worse than elsewhere…It is like rebellion right within the king’s own palace." ~~ Meir of Rothenburg
"Israel’s salvation will come through prophets, not diplomats." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Can a woman forget her nursing child? Yes, even these may forget, but I will not forget you." ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 49:14
"As everyone treads on dust, so does every nation tread on Israel; but dust lasts longer than metal, and so shall Israel outlast the others." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 41:9
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. " ~~ Golda Meir
"Just as faith, in its highest sense, is what unites people, so religion is what divides them. " ~~ Chayot
"A great people cannot live without an ideal." ~~ Max Nordau
"Residence in Israel is equivalent to the observance of all the Biblical precepts." ~~ Eleazar b. Shammua
"David, King of Israel, lives on for ever!" ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashana
"The Lord will not forsake His people. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 12:22
"Israel will not be redeemed until they are united all into a single grouping." ~~ Tanchuma