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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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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!
-Golda Meir
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Age
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Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
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Being seventy is not a sin.
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Equality
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To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
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Humility
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Don't be humble, you're not that great.
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Laughter
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Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
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Leadership
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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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Men & Women
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Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse.
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Nation, Nationality, Nationalism
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
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Opportunity
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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.
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Religion
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Right, Rightness
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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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Time
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Watergate
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
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Women
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Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that.
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Books by and about Golda Meir