Golda Meir Quotes

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

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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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• 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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• Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

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• Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

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• Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

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• Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

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• As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

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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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• Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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• The dog that trots about finds a bone.

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

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• Being seventy is not a sin.

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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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Golda Meir (40)

Birth:	3rd May, 1898
Death:	8th December, 1978
Nationality:	Israeli
Profession:	Politician

About

Golda Meir was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel from 1969-1974. She also served as Minister of Labour from 1949-1956 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956-1966. The world's fourth and Israel's first and only woman to hold such an office, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, though her tenure ended before that term was applied to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In 1974, she was awarded the honor of World Mother by American Mothers. In 1975, she was awarded the Israel Prize for her special contribution to society and the State of Israel.

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