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Former President of Israel

Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel, was a chemist and a leader of the Zionist movement. Born on November 27, 1874, in Poland, he passed away on November 9, 1952. Weizmann made significant contributions to the field of chemistry, particularly in fermentation research. During his time in the United Kingdom, he was deeply involved in the Zionist movement and became a key leader. After the establishment of Israel in 1948, Weizmann was elected as the first President, serving until his death in 1952.

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“He received me not only cordially, but he was also full of confidence with respect to the war. His first words, after he had welcomed me, were as follows: 'Well, Dr. Weismann, we have as good as beaten them already.' I...thanked him for his constant support for the Zionist course. 'You were standing at the cradle of this enterprise.' I said to him, 'and hopefully you will live to see that we have succeeded.' Adding that after the war we would build up a state of three to four million Jews in Palestine, whereupon he replied: 'Yes, go ahead, I am full in agreement with this idea.'”

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“We are one people despite the ostensible rifts, cracks, and differences between the American and Soviet democracies. We are one people and it is not in our interests that the West should liberate the East, for in doing this and in liberating the enslaved nations, the West would inevitably deprive Jewry of the Eastern half of its world power.”

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“Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.”

Term Calling Highest Spokes Newton

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“As scientists the two men were contrasting types—Einstein all calculation, Rutherford all experiment ... There was no doubt that as an experimenter Rutherford was a genius, one of the greatest. He worked by intuition and everything he touched turned to gold. He had a sixth sense.”

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“Miracles do happen, but you have to work hard at them.”

Hard Happens Hard Work Miracle Miracles Do Happen

Book:The Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann: series B

Source: The Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann: series B

“On one side, the forces of destruction, the forces of the desert, have risen, and on the other hand stand firm the forces of civilization, but we will not be stopped.”

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“Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.”

Sometimes Hard Miracle

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“Lenin had taken part in Jewish student meetings in Switzerland thirty-five years before.”

Years Taken Five Students Meetings Jew Thirty Five Years Switzerland

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“The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people in whom he has confidence that his livelihood is in danger of being taken away from him by us, he becomes our mortal enemy. . . The Arab is primitive and believes what he is told.”

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“There must not be one law for the Jew and another for the Arabs....In saying this, I do not assume that there are tendencies toward inequalirty or discrimination. It is merely a timely warning which is particularly necessary because we shall have a very large Arab minority. I am certain that the world will judge the Jewish State by what it will do with the Arabs, just as the Jewish people at large will be judged by what we do or fail to do in this state where we have been given such a wonderful opportunity after thousands of years of wandering and suffering.”

“We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not...You can hasten our arrival or you can equally retard it. It is however better for you to help us so as to avoid our constructive powers being turned into a destructive power which will overthrow the world.”

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“The hopes of Europe's six million Jews are centered on emigration. I was asked, 'Can you bring six million Jews to Palestine?' I replied, 'No'....From the depths of the tragedy I want to save two million young people...The old ones will pass. They will bear their fate or they will not. They were dust, economic and moral dust in a cruel world...Only the branch of the young shall survive...They have to accept it.”

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“A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.”

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“There are no English, French, German or American Jews, but only Jews > > >living in England, France, Germany or America.”

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“Each country can absorb only a limited number of Jews, if she doesn't want disorders in her stomach. Germany already has too many Jews”

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“Now in the light of past and present events the bitter truth must be spoken. We feared too little and we hoped too much. We underestimated the bestiality of the enemy; we overestimtaed the humanity, the wisdom, the sense of justice of our friends.”

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“Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.”

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“Palestine must be built up without violating the legitimate interests of the Arabs.. Palestine is not Rhodesia... 600,0000 Arabs live there, who before the sense of justice of the world have exactly the same rights to their homes as we have to our National Home.”

World Home Interest Justice Rights Built Israel Palestine Zionist Rhodesia

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“I head a nation of a million presidents.”

Nations President Millions Management

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“Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.”

Theory Understood Convinced Arrivals

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About the Author

Born: November 27, 1874
Died: November 9, 1952
Known for: Former President of Israel
Quotes: 20

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