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

Golda Meir

Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Promise Strong
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
GOLDA MEIR

Age Old Plane Storm Yourself
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Death Expression Hope Myself People See Sympathy
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
GOLDA MEIR

Compromise Question Yourself
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
GOLDA MEIR

Civilization Compromise Necessary Negotiation Value
The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Desert Need Place Water Weapon
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Difference Explanation Jew Man Myself Place Young
We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
GOLDA MEIR

Children Forgiveness Kill Ourselves War Yourself
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
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
GOLDA MEIR

Government Ideal Reality World
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
GOLDA MEIR

Negotiation Peace Road War
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
GOLDA MEIR

Conventional Deal History People Public Story
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
This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Fulfill God Legal Promise
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Average Blame Doubt Himself Logic Man Praise
Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
GOLDA MEIR

Happiness Heart Laughter Sadness

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