The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
GOLDA MEIREvery civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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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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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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