Being seventy is not a sin. - Golda Meir

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

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

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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. - Golda Meir

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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 have the bad image.

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

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

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

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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. - Golda Meir

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

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