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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

Golda Meir

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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Government Ideal Reality World
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Allow Himself Jew Luxury Pessimism
You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Feeling Guilty Habit Yourself
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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Believe Enough Obstacle Struggle
You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Adversity Better Company Partner Yourself
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Ability Fall Mark Short
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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Action Impossible President Thinking
We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Act God Military Thankful Thrive
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Memories Oneself Past Present Try
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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Creation Happiness Kind Life Trust Yourself
If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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Alive Bad Choice Death Image
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Battle Hesitation Himself Leadership Nation
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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Average Blame Doubt Himself Logic Man Praise
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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Bloom Growth Happiness Kind Victory
By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
GOLDA MEIR

Country Myself Right Way
I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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Affection Honesty Myself Possible Question Success

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

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