Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
GOLDA MEIRThe public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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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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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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