Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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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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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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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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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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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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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