We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
GOLDA MEIRThe world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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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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