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 MEIRThose that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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