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.
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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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There’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.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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