How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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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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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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