The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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.
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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