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"Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that."
"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."
"There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past."
"I believe in the people of Israel. I believe in the forces for good within the Jewish people."
"Peace will come when the Arabs start to love their children more than they hate us."
"As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing."
"Don't be humble... you're not that great."
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"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either."
"Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope. Don't believe that everything is fixed."
"The only alternative to war is peace, and the only road to peace is negotiation."
"It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?"
"Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him."
"Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of justice."
"There can be no doubt that if we are to go forward, we must move as a united people."
"Don't be afraid to make decisions, don't be afraid to make mistakes."
"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do."
"One cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
"Whether women are better than men, I cannot say — but I can say they are certainly no worse."
"Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources."
"The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations."
"Don't be so humble, you're not that great."
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"There's a type of woman who can do it, and there's a type of woman who can't. And the woman who can is a mother."
"Being seventy is not a sin."
"Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us forty years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!"
"Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope."
"We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient."
"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!"
"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."
"Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either."
"Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse."
"You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart."
"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."
"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."
"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion."
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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 overcome."
"A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
"Don't be humble. You're not that great."
"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life."
"Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."
"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either."
"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."
"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."
"Fashion is an imposition, a rein on freedom."
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."
"The dog that doesn't bark, barks loudest."
"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it."
"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."
"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."
"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."
"You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity."
"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them."
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?"
"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."
"Above all, entrust your work to God. I don't think of God as something out there. I think of God as what makes me want to do something with my life."
"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man."
"I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively."
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