October 29, 1898 Theodor Herzl Meets Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
Jerusalem
Conclusion of my Address to the Kaiser:
This is the fatherland of ideas which do not belong to one people or to one creed alone. The farther men advance in their morality, the more clearly do they recognize the common elements in these ideas. And thus the actual city of Jerusalem, with its fateful walls, has long since become a symbolic city sacred to all civilized men.
An emperor of peace is making a great entry into this eternal city. We Jews greet Your Majesty at this exalted moment, wishing from the bottom of our hearts that an age of peace and justice may dawn for all men. Including ourselves.
Source: Diaries of Theodore Herzl, Central Zionist Archive India