How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
GOLDA MEIRWhether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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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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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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