The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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There 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.
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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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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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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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