I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
GOLDA MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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