Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
GOLDA MEIRMen are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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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.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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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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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 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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Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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