Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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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.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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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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I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
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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 can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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 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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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