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* Zionism is not a mere national or chauvinistic caprice, but the last desperate stand of the Jews against annihilation.
* Zionism is not a mere national or chauvinistic caprice, but the last desperate stand of the Jews against annihilation.
** [[zionism-israel:bio/Arthur_Ruppin.htm|Arthur Ruppin]], ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.75938 The Jews of Today]'', 1913, p. 300
** [[zionism-israel:bio/Arthur_Ruppin.htm|Arthur Ruppin]], ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.75938 The Jews of Today]'', 1913, p. 300
* The ultimate aim of the Zionists is to liberate the Jewish people from the peculiar psychological complex induced by the penalization to which they have been subject for centuries in the Gentile world.
**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arnold-J-Toynbee Arnold J. Toynbee], ''A Study of History'', 1934, ii. 252.
* Zionism is the affirmation of our personality. We have faith in ourselves, our spirit, our destiny to be worthy of our past.
* Zionism is the affirmation of our personality. We have faith in ourselves, our spirit, our destiny to be worthy of our past.
**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lazare-bernard Bernard Lazare], ''Le Nationalisme Juif'', 1898. Quoted in N. Sokolow. ''History of Zionism'', 1919. i. 293.
**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lazare-bernard Bernard Lazare], ''Le Nationalisme Juif'', 1898. Quoted in N. Sokolow. ''History of Zionism'', 1919. i. 293.