Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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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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