Our opponents maintain that... by Theodor Herzl, a Hungarian Journalist

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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.”

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Theodor Herzl

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Name: Theodor Herzl

Nationality: Hungarian

Date of Birth: May 2, 1860

Date of Death: Jul 3, 1904

Profession: Journalist

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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.

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