Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIRWe don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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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.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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