The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
GOLDA MEIRShow me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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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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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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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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