We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
GOLDA MEIRHow can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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There’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.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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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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