Golda Meir Quotes - Page 3

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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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  Family, Mothers Day, Children

  1972 In Newsweek, 23 Oct.

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• If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.

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  Thinking, Leader, Political

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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• There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

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  Men, Average, Doubt

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• We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.

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  Friendship, Fate, World

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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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  Responsibility, Israel, Favors

  Golda Meir's speech to the Knesset as quoted in "New England Review", October 1961.

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• Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.

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  Men, Curfew

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• I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

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  Time, Memorable, Positivity

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• I don't want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there's no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won't die young.

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  Funny, Giving Up, Humorous

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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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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  Mean, Society, Criminals

  Golda Meir, Marie Syrkin (1973). “A land of our own: an oral autobiography”, Putnam Publishing Group

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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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  Running, Fighting, Egypt

  Life Magazine (p. 32), October 3, 1969.

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• Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

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  Civilization, Munich, Compromise

  "Fictional character: Golda Meir". "Munich", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

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  Jobs, Successful, Equality

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• I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

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  Country, Working Together, Collaboration

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• You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.

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  Feelings, Guilt, Used

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• I'm sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They'll be shocked, just as today we're shocked with cannibalism.

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  Children, War, School

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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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  Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation

  "Way of Valor: A Biography of Golda Myerson". Book by Marie Syrkin, 1955.

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• The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

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  Government, World, Realistic

  "No Laughing Matter: The Value of Humor in Educational Leadership". Book by Ed. D Palestini, 2012.

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• Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

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  Fall, Hair, Mark

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• At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.

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  Mother, Children, Struggle

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• Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.

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  Funny, Humorous, Israel

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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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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  Women, Believe, Overcoming

  Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”

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• From Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.

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  Memories, Russia, Brutality

  Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.

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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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  Night, Soldier, President

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• I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.

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  Sorry, Heart, People

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• We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons.

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  Military, Son, Forgiving

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