The spirit in which the offer was made must of necessity contribute to improving and alleviating the situation of the Jewish people without our renouncing one iota of the great principles upon which our movement is based.

Truly we have had enough experience with sufferance and protection which could be revoked at will. Consequently, the only reasonable Course of action is to work for publicly legalized guarantees... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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If anyone thinks that Jews can steal into the land of their fathers, he is deceiving either himself or others. Nowhere is the coming of Jews so promptly noted as in the historic home of the Jews, for the very reason that it is the historic home... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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The character of a people may be ruined by charity... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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We are organizing Jewry for its coming destiny... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. This platform is unchangeable... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land. Work will provide our people with the bread of tomorrow, and moreover, with the honor of the tomorrow, the freedom of the tomorrow... view

By: Theodor Herzl

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I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own.. view

By: Theodor Herzl

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