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I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.

Golda Meir

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
GOLDA MEIR

Battle Hesitation Himself Leadership Nation
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
GOLDA MEIR

Artist Enjoyment Glory Natural Praise Storm
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Fate Friendship Natural Ourselves People World
It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
GOLDA MEIR

Age Joke Sin Time
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Afraid Heart Myself People Sorry
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
GOLDA MEIR

Ability Fall Mark Short
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 MEIR

Age Man Perfection Reach Secret Wait
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
GOLDA MEIR

Government Ideal Reality World
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
GOLDA MEIR

Government Management Myself Time
Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Himself Morning Problem Thinking Worry
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Accident Cry Feeling Laughter Public
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
GOLDA MEIR

Fashion Freedom Imposition
Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
GOLDA MEIR

Age Happiness Joy Sin Time
Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Promise Strong
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Children Foolishness Liberty Oneself Woman
It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
GOLDA MEIR

Believe Enough Obstacle Struggle

I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.

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