At Basel I founded the Jewish state. In five, perhaps in fifty years, everyone will see it.
In Basel habe ich den Judenstaat gegründet. In fünf, vielleicht in fünfzig Jahren wird es jedermann sehen.
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Theodor Herzl
Father of modern political Zionism (1860-1904). A Hungarian-Jewish journalist, the 1894 Dreyfus affair turned him to nationalism. His Der Judenstaat (1896) and 1897 Basel Congress built the movement Israel grew from.
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Source: ヘルツル日記 1897年9月3日 (第1回シオニスト会議直後)Verified