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" Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! "

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" Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here. "

Golda Meir

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" I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. "

" 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. "

" Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. "

" 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. "

" We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. "

" The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. "

" The dog that trots about finds a bone. "

" Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. "

" One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. "

" As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. "

" You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. "

" We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. "

Golda Meir

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

" Being seventy is not a sin. "

" Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. "

" To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. "

" Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. "

" We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. "

" 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. "

" Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome. "

Golda Meir

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