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 MEIRFashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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