The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
GOLDA MEIRNot being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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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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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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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.
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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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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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