We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
GOLDA MEIRHow does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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