We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
GOLDA MEIRAt 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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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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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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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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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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