Golda Meir Quotes

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

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• Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.

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• You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

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• 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.

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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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• We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon – no alternative.

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

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• We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.

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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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• 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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• 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 Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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!

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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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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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