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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Golda Meir

It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
GOLDA MEIR

Age Joke Sin Time
Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
GOLDA MEIR

Children Devotion Husband Measurement Ourselves
I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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Affection Honesty Myself Possible Question Success
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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List Myself Routine Schedule Slave
You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
GOLDA MEIR

Feeling Guilty Habit Yourself
I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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Bad Death Give Up Influence Myself Young
There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
GOLDA MEIR

Existence Reality
Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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Age Happiness Joy Sin Time
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Artist Enjoyment Glory Natural Praise Storm
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Compatible Pessimism Togetherness
How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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Feeling Man Minister Myself Woman
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Allow Himself Jew Luxury Pessimism
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Decision Difference Kill Oneself Worst
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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Country Himself Morning Problem Thinking Worry
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Better Job Man Success Woman
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Beautiful Blessing Development Myself Resource True

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