The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
GOLDA MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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