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 MEIRHow can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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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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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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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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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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