Famous quotes containing the words told, israel and/or national:
“Say, I wish you fellas coulda seen her face, though, when I walked in and told her, in the strictest confidence, of course, Honey, Im goin to the moon.... Well, she looked at me for a second and then said, What for? They aint got nothin there that we dont have more of right here in Texas.”
—Kurt Neumann (19061958)
“Who is the LORD, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 5:2.
Pharaoh.
“But the creative person is subject to a different, higher law than mere national law. Whoever has to create a work, whoever has to bring about a discovery or deed which will further the cause of all of humanity, no longer has his home in his native land but rather in his work.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)