To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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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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.
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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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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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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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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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