Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
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Show me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
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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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