I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
GOLDA MEIRThere 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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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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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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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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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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