This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
GOLDA MEIRWe only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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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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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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