Golda Meir
Golda Meir
Golda Meirwas an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman and politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth3 May 1898
CityKiev, Ukraine
CountryIsrael
growing-up important want
It isn't really important to decide when you are very young just exactly what you want to become when you grow up. It is much more important to decide on the way you want to live. If you are going to be honest with yourself and honest with your friends, if you are going to get involved in causes which are good for others, not only for yourselves, then it seems to me that that is sufficient, and maybe what you will be is only a matter of chance.
struggle secret weapons
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
lasts gas jew
Those that perished in Hitler's gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
humorous israel pessimism
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
humorous israel choices
If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.
cities jerusalem half
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
humorous israel victory
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
responsibility israel favors
Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.
israel holocaust guarantees
Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
night soldier president
I have given instructions that I be informed everytime one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in themiddle of the night. When President Nasser leavesinstructions that he is to be awakened in the middleof the night if an Egyptian soldier is killed, there willbe peace.
funny humorous israel
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!
military thank-god thrive
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
time memorable positivity
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
bullying compromise be-or-not-to-be
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.