You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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 Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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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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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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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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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?
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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