I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
GOLDA MEIRThere was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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.
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