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.
GOLDA MEIRGlorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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I 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.
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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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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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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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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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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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My 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.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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