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.
GOLDA MEIRMy 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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