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.
GOLDA MEIRIt’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.
GOLDA MEIRBy 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?
GOLDA MEIRThe only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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.
GOLDA MEIRDon’t be humble… you’re not that great.
GOLDA MEIRThere is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
GOLDA MEIRThere’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 MEIRWe say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRArab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
GOLDA MEIRHow does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
GOLDA MEIRWe don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
GOLDA MEIRWhether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIRI 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.
GOLDA MEIRThe world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
GOLDA MEIRAs President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
GOLDA MEIRBeing seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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