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

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The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

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Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. _ George A. Sheehan

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The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

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Being seventy is not a sin. - 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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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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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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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Economic distress, political pressure, and social obloquy already drive us from our homes and from our graves. The Jews are already constantly shifting from place to place. -Theodor Herzl

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