Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
GOLDA MEIRWe Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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 don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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