How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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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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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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