The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
GOLDA MEIRBy the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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How 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.
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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people… It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn’t exist.
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By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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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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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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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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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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