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.
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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia? the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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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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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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