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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.

Golda Meir

Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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Age Happiness Joy Sin Time
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
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
Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIR

Man Myself Talk Togetherness Woman Worst
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Finish Home Struggle Thinking Work Yourself
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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Age Old Plane Storm Yourself
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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Believe Obstacle Reservation Right
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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Children Foolishness Liberty Oneself Woman
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
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Ability Fall Mark Short
The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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Country Desert Need Place Water Weapon
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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Believe Brother Hope Ideal Judgement
There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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Children Country Hate Love Peace
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Children Elimination Enemy Hate Love War
We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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Deep Peace Side War Win
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Artist Enjoyment Glory Natural Praise Storm

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