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?
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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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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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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