We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRWe can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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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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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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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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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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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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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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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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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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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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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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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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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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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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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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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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