We owe a responsibility not only to those who are in Israel but also to those generations that are no more, to those millions who have died within our lifetime, to Jews all over the world, and to generations of Jews to come. We hate war. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir
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by Golda Meir Quote posted in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
My delegation cannot refrain from speaking on this question, we who have such an intimate knowledge of boxcars and of deportations to unknown destinations that we cannot be silent.
Quote posted in Quotes & Aphorisms (Religion)
It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.
Quote posted in Quotes & Aphorisms (Behavior)
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.
Quote posted in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
I prefer to stay alive and be criticized than be sympathized.
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