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People Quotes by Golda Meir

6 People quotes by Golda Meir

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People shape nations, and Golda Meir’s terse, decisive statements cut to the core of collective responsibility. Her words reveal how leadership can both reflect and steer public sentiment, offering a pragmatic lens for anyone grappling with the dynamics of groups and governance.

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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…

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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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There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions…

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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took…

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It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.

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

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If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and…

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

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

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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…

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

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

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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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Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us…

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We don't want wars even when we win.

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“Don't be humble. Your not that great. ”

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