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

Golda Meir

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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
Successful
Woman
Jobs
Better
Much
Men
Housework
Equality

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The dog that trots about finds a bone.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope. Don't believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood.
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How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know I've never been a man minister.
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It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
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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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We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
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