Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Theodor Herzl
Born: May 2, 1860
Died: July 3, 1904 (aged 44)
Bio: Theodor Herzl, born Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl, also known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Chozeh HaMedinah was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer. He was one of the fathers of modern political Zionism.
Known for:
- Der Judenstaat (1896)
- The Old New Land (1902)
- The Diaries of Theodor Herzl
- Excerpts from his diaries