We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRWe say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRHow does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
GOLDA MEIRWhether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIRI want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
GOLDA MEIRThere’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
GOLDA MEIRThe public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
GOLDA MEIRAnybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
GOLDA MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
GOLDA MEIREvery civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
GOLDA MEIROne cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
GOLDA MEIRIt is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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.
GOLDA MEIRWe don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
GOLDA MEIRThe only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
GOLDA MEIRThe world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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