Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is the revivor of the Hebrew language. He has created new words, and have wrote many hebrew articles and essays in many places, including his own newspaper HaTzvi. Along with Ahad Ha‘am, Ben-Yehuda was an advocate of Cultural Zionism.

Quotes

• To conquer the land of our forefathers before us, not by force, nor by the power of weapons and war, but through a spirit of loyalty to the ruler of the land and by the power of money; and he calls it by the name: ‘The Society for the Redeemers of the Land.’
  • In “Revival of Israel”