I don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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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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Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
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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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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont 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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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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Trust 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.
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