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.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
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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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We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
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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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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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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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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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We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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