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Type: Leader Quotes Category: Israeli Leader Quotes Date of Birth: May 3, 1898 Date of Death: December 8, 1978 Nationality: Israeli Find on Amazon: Golda Meir Related Authors: Buddha Mother Teresa Dalai Lama Martin Luther King, Jr. Mohandas Gandhi Napoleon Bonaparte Charles de Gaulle Martin Luther Joseph Stalin |
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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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Golda Meir Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. Golda Meir 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 As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. Golda Meir Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Golda Meir Being seventy is not a sin. Golda Meir Don't be humble... you're not that great. Golda Meir Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. Golda Meir Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. Golda Meir 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. Golda Meir I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. Golda Meir I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. Golda Meir I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. Golda Meir It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore. Golda Meir 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. Golda Meir 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 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. Golda Meir Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil. Golda Meir 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 Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. Golda Meir |
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