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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.

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
War
True
Victories
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Anymore
Victory
Paid

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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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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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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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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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Those that perished in Hitler's gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
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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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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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