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.
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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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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 say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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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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Men 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.
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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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There 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.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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