I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
GOLDA MEIRWhether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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 do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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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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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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