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.
GOLDA MEIRThe Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.
More Golda Meir Quotes
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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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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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You can’t improve on saying nothing.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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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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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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Being seventy is not a sin. It’s not a joy, either.
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A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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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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From Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
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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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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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We don’t want wars even when we win.
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