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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.

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
Negotiations
Negotiation
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Alternatives
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Peace
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We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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We don't want wars even when we win.
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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.
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I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.
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Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
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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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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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The dog that trots about finds a bone.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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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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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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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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Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
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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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