We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
GOLDA MEIRWomen’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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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 want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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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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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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