Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
GOLDA MEIRWe will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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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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There 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.
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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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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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