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 MEIRMen 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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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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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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 don’t want wars even when we win.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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