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Women lead the peace movement. They’ve definitely got positions of leadership there.

— Yael Dayan Interview with Lilith (1990)

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For all the progress that has been made, the same old hypocritical notions are still used to fight gender equality.

Nothing will be the same now. I have looked at cessation of life, destruction of matter, sorrow of destroyers, agony of the victorious, and it had to leave a mark.

Israel Journal (1967)

All the intimacy in the world can't remove a slight sense of guilt when watching someone who isn't aware of being watched. (chapter 14)

Three Weeks in October (1979)

...for me, doing means contributing, doing for others.

We have not yet produced a universal literature in Israel, which doesn't detract from its quality...We are still in a localized phase, reflecting what is happening to us now, a mirror of reality.

Interview (1984)

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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

Mahatma Gandhi

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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