The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
GOLDA MEIROld age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
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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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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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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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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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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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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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