Arthur James Balfour

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Nothing matters very much and very few things matter at all.

Arthur James Balfour

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Topic

Things that don't matter

Speaker

Arthur James Balfour

Source

Discreet Memoirs

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Balfour, Arthur James. Quoted in Discreet Memoirs, written by Lady Clodagh Anson. G. Bateman Blackshaw, 1931.

In Palestine we do not propose even to go through the form of consulting the wishes of the present inhabitants of the country... The Four Great Powers are committed to Zionism. And Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land.

Arthur James Balfour

Memorandum to Lord Curzon, August 11, 1919

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Topic

Israel-Palestine conflict

Author

Arthur James Balfour

Source

Memorandum to Lord Curzon, August 11, 1919

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Balfour, Arthur James. Memorandum to Lord Curzon. 11 Aug. 1919.

Current Citation

Balfour, Arthur James. Quoted in Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation, and Postcolonial Perspectives, edited by Anne McClintock and Aamir Mufti and Ella Shohat. University of Minnesota Press, 1997.

His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done whech may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.

Arthur James Balfour

Balfour Declaration

Read the Balfour Declaration at the Yale Law School library website

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Topic

Creation of Israel Israel International politics

Author

Arthur James Balfour

Source

Balfour Declaration

Medium

Letter

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Balfour, Arthur James. Letter to Lord Rothschild. 2 Nov. 1917.