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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.

The Jewish Question Exists Wherever The Jews Live, However Small Their Number. Where It Does Not Exist It Is Imported By Jew Immigrants. We Naturally Go Where We Are Not Persecuted, And, Still Persecution Is The Result Of Our Appearance...by Persecution We Cannot Be Exterminated...the Strong Jews Turn Proudly To Their Race When Persecution Bursts Out. Entire Branches Of Judaism May Disappear, Break Away; The Tree Lives.

Zionism Demands A Publicly Recognized And Legally Secured Homeland In Palestine For The Jewish People. This Platform Is Unchangeable.

Were I To Sum Up The Basle Congress In A Word- Which I Shall Guard Against Pronouncing Publicly- It Would Be This: 'at Basle, I Founded The Jewish State. If I Said This Out Loud Today, I Would Be Answered By Universal Laughter. If Not In 5 Years, Certainly In 50, Everyone Will Know It.'

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.