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.
GOLDA MEIRThere is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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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’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
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We 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.
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