It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
GOLDA MEIRThe modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
More Golda Meir Quotes
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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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 must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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