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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.

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
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Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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I have given instructions that I be informed everytime one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in themiddle of the night. When President Nasser leavesinstructions that he is to be awakened in the middleof the night if an Egyptian soldier is killed, there willbe peace.
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My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
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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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A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
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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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The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
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Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided - not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
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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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Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
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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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