Theodor Herzl quotes

Theodor Herzl was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, and political activist, considered the father of modern political Zionism. His visionary leadership inspired the movement for a Jewish homeland. He remains a central figure in Jewish history and the founding of the State of Israel. Here are 48 of his quotes:

If you will it, it is no dream. (Theodor Herzl)
Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. This platform is unchangeable. View quote
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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 quote
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Philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed. View quote
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The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels. View quote
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... Let me tell you that my friend and I do not discriminate between humans. We do not ask what race or what religion he is from. He has to be a human being. That is all that's important for us. View quote
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Palestine is our unforgettable historic home. The very name would be a force of marvelous potency for summoning our people together. View quote
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Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it. View quote
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Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions. View quote
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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 quote
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It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit. (Theodor Herzl)
It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be, our attitude toward the land of our fathers is and shall remain unchangeable. View quote
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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; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world. View quote
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Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation. View quote
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Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place. View quote
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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 quote
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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 quote
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The land which the Society of Jews will have secured by international law must naturally be privately owned. View quote
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Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves. View quote
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We are organizing Jewry for its coming destiny. View quote
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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. (Theodor Herzl)
The Jews had, as a matter of fact, long been all along the most ingenious entrepreneurs. It was only our own future that we had never built upon a business basis. View quote
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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 quote
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The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself. View quote
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But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home. View quote
Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl

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Occupation: Hungarian Journalist
Born: May 2, 1860
Died: July 3, 1904
Quotes count: 48
Wikipedia: Theodor Herzl

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