One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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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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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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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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.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
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