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Golda Meir
Age: 80 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 3
Died: 1978
Died: December 8
Former Prime Minister Of Israel
Politician
Teacher
Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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Trots
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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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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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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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We can forgive [the Arabs] for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with [the Arabs] when they love their children more than they hate us...
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a curfew women should stay home after dark. I said, 'But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.
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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
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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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How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?.. the America I've known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I've known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.
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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler's gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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