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.
GOLDA MEIRI’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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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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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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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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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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