Quotation from Theodor Herzl “At Basle I founded the Jewish State” — Sep. 3 1897

" 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. Perhaps in five years, and certainly in fifty, everyone will know it. "