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Golda Meir quotes: The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
Golda Meir quotes: How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to. How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
Golda Meir quotes: Being seventy is not a sin. Being seventy is not a sin.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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 Meir quotes: The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies. The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
Golda Meir quotes: You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Golda Meir quotes: Don't be so humble, you're not that great. Don't be so humble, you're not that great.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.
Golda Meir quotes: Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do. Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place. If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.
Golda Meir quotes: We don't want wars even when we win. We don't want wars even when we win.
Golda Meir quotes: There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel. There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: The dog that trots about finds a bone. The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Golda Meir quotes: Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either. Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.
Golda Meir quotes: We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win. We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty. You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
Golda Meir quotes: There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed. There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
Golda Meir quotes: You can't improve on saying nothing. You can't improve on saying nothing.
Golda Meir quotes: Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir quotes: It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke. It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
Golda Meir quotes: It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore. It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
Golda Meir quotes: Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
Golda Meir quotes: It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle. It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
Golda Meir quotes: Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values. Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
Golda Meir quotes: I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
Golda Meir quotes: The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied. The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
Golda Meir quotes: It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think. It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
Golda Meir quotes: We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir quotes: Those that perished in Hitler's gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves. Those that perished in Hitler's gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
Golda Meir quotes: Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew. Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
Golda Meir quotes: The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations. The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
Golda Meir quotes: We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
Golda Meir quotes: How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister. How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister.
Golda Meir quotes: Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
Golda Meir quotes: Don't be humble. Your not that great. Don't be humble. Your not that great.
Golda Meir quotes: I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: Whether women are better than men I cannot say ... but i can say they are certainly no worse. Whether women are better than men I cannot say ... but i can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda Meir quotes: As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
Golda Meir quotes: The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life? The modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life?
Golda Meir quotes: 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. 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.
Golda Meir quotes: To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
Golda Meir quotes: Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
Golda Meir quotes: The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers. The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.
Golda Meir quotes: Don't be so humble - you are not that great. Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
Golda Meir quotes: 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? 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 Meir quotes: I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour. I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
Golda Meir quotes: Don't be humble ... you're not that great. Don't be humble ... you're not that great.
Golda Meir quotes: Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
Golda Meir quotes: There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews. There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews.
Golda Meir quotes: I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda Meir quotes: Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust. Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
Golda Meir quotes: Zionism and pessimism are not compatible. Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
Golda Meir quotes: A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda Meir quotes: One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda Meir quotes: The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight. The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.
Golda Meir quotes: We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children. We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
Golda Meir quotes: Moses dragged us through the desert to the one place in the Middle East where there is no oil. Moses dragged us through the desert to the one place in the Middle East where there is no oil.
Golda Meir quotes: Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either
Golda Meir quotes: We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda Meir quotes: Fashion is an imposition, a rein on freedom. Fashion is an imposition, a rein on freedom.
Golda Meir quotes: We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Golda Meir quotes: To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
Golda Meir quotes: Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
Golda Meir quotes: Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else? Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?

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