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.
GOLDA MEIRNot being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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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.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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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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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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