If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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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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I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?.. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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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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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a man minister.
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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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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
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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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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
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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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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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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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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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