Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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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 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 is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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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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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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