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.
GOLDA MEIRWe say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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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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