I 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 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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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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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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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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