Donald Lewis writes: "It is the contention of this work that only by understanding can one make sense of the religious and cultural influences that worked together to create a climate of opinion among the political elite in Britain that was well disposed to the Balfour Declaration."
Donald Lewis escribe: «É a contención deste traballo que só mediante o entendemento pode un tomar consciencia das influencias relixiosas e políticas que traballaron xuntas para crear un clima de opinión entre a elite política de Gran Bretaña que quedou tan ben plasmada na Declaración Balfour».