Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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More Golda Meir Quotes
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There’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.
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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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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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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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From Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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