Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
GOLDA MEIRThere’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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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