Golda Meir Quotes

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Golda Meir

Profession : Leader

Birth : May 3, 1898

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Golda Meir

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Golda Meir

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.

Golda Meir

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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

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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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Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!

Golda Meir

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

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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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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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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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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

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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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Being seventy is not a sin.

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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.

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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

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I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

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