Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIRTrust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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