It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
GOLDA MEIRHow does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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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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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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’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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