“A nation is great not by its size alone. It is the will, the cohesion, the stamina, the discipline of its people and the quality of their leaders which ensure it an honourable place in history.”— Lee Kuan Yew
“A country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.”— Giuseppe Garibaldi
“The Croatian people have shown that they are mature enough to have their own state.”— Franjo Tuđman
“What is a nation? It is a spiritual principle, resulting from the profound complications of history, a spiritual family, not a group determined by the configuration of the earth.”— Stephen Samuel Wise
“Zionism is the magnificent attempt to find a home for the homeless and a country for the countryless.”— Stephen Samuel Wise