You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
GOLDA MEIRYou can’t improve on saying nothing.
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 Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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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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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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