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.
GOLDA MEIRCan we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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.
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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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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
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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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