Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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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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