You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
GOLDA MEIRIt is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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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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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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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?
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