To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, 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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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 say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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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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