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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

Golda Meir

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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Country Existence Invisble People
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Allow Himself Jew Luxury Pessimism
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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Deep Peace Side War Win
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Decision Difference Kill Oneself Worst
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
GOLDA MEIR

Action Impossible President Thinking
Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
GOLDA MEIR

Happiness Heart Laughter Sadness
Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
GOLDA MEIR

Death Defend Jew Stand
My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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Age Easy Fly Old Storm Time Wisdom Yourself
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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Deep Pay True Victory War Win
There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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Children Country Hate Love Peace
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
GOLDA MEIR

Government Management Myself Time
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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Country Himself Morning Problem Thinking Worry
You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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Improvement Talk Voice Yourself
Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIR

Man Myself Talk Togetherness Woman Worst
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Difference Explanation Jew Man Myself Place Young
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?
GOLDA MEIR

Country Myself Right Way
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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Age Old Plane Storm Yourself
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Fulfill God Legal Promise
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
GOLDA MEIR

Compromise Question Yourself
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Compatible Pessimism Togetherness
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
GOLDA MEIR

Achievement Creation Flame Happiness Kind Life Possible Trust Yourself
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Conventional Deal History People Public Story
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.
GOLDA MEIR

Believe Obstacle Reservation Right
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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Beautiful Blessing Development Myself Resource True
A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Battle Hesitation Himself Leadership Nation
The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
GOLDA MEIR

Country Desert Need Place Water Weapon
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
GOLDA MEIR

Ability Fall Mark Short

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