Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided – not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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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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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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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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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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