Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
GOLDA MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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.
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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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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.
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