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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.

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
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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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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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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 don't want wars even when we win.
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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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You can't improve on saying nothing.
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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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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.
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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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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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the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life?
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It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
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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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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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