It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.
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Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
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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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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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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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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.
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
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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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