Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
GOLDA MEIRHow can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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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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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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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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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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