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

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

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

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

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I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. - Golda Meir

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

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

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