I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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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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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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