Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
GOLDA MEIRThere 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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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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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.
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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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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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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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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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.
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