Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
GOLDA MEIRPessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
GOLDA MEIROne cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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.
GOLDA MEIRThe modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
GOLDA MEIRBeing seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
GOLDA MEIRMen are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
GOLDA MEIRIf only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
GOLDA MEIRThis country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
GOLDA MEIRThe only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
GOLDA MEIRWe Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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 MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
GOLDA MEIRIf 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.
GOLDA MEIRWe don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
GOLDA MEIRI 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.
GOLDA MEIRGlorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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