How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
GOLDA MEIRThe only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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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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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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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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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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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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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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