A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
GOLDA MEIRMy 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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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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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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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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.
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From Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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