To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
GOLDA MEIRTo be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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