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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
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Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
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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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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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But the individual was not a tool for something. He was the maker of tools. He was the one who must build. Even for the best purpose it is criminal to turn an individual into simply a means for some ultimate end. A society in which the dignity of the individual is destroyed cannot hope to be a decent society.
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The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
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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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The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
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Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
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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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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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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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