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.
GOLDA MEIRAs President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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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 have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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