There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
GOLDA MEIRTrust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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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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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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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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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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