As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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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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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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Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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From Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
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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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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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