Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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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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’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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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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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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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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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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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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