One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
GOLDA MEIRHow 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.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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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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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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