The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
GOLDA MEIRThere 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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.
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At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
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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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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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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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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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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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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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