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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

Golda Meir

Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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Believe Brother Hope Ideal Judgement
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Jew Place Secret Struggle Weapon
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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Bloom Growth Happiness Kind Victory
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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Deep Peace Side War Win
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Allow Himself Jew Luxury Pessimism
There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Existence Reality
We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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Children Forgiveness Kill Ourselves War Yourself
You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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Improvement Talk Voice Yourself
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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Fate Friendship Natural Ourselves People World
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Conventional Deal History People Public Story
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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Beautiful Blessing Development Myself Resource True
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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Average Blame Doubt Himself Logic Man Praise
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Better Job Man Success Woman
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Children Elimination Enemy Hate Love War
We don’t want wars even when we win.
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Battle War Win
We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Act God Military Thankful Thrive

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