Anybody 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 MEIRAbove 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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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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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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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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