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Golda Meir: Quotes about war
Golda Meir was former prime minister of Israel. Explore interesting quotes on war.
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As quoted in As Good as Golda : The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister (1970) edited by Israel Shenker and Mary Shenker, p. 28
Context: 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.
“We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon — no alternative.”
As quoted in LIFE magazine (3 October 1969), p. 32
Context: We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon — no alternative. 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.
As quoted in Newsweek (19 January 1976)
“It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.”
Source: As quoted in LIFE magazine (3 October 1969), p. 32