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1898–1978 Israel
Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitz (גולדה מאיר 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the State of Israel. She served as Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
Israel Educators Politicians Also known as: Meir, Golda
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
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.
As Good as Golda : The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister (1970)
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
I am a Palestinian, from 1921 to 1948, I carried a Palestinian passport.
I don’t know why you use a fancy French word like détente when there’s a good English phrase for it — cold war.
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided — not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for a way to leave.
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.
This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
It is the tragedy of our generation, that small nations have not yet gained the security of exercising their natural right—namely that of being masters of their own destiny.
If we have to have a choice between dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.
As Good as Golda : The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister (1970)
America is a great country. It has many shortcomings, many social inequalities … but it’s still a great country, a country full of opportunities, of freedom!
Above all, this country is our own. … Being a Jew is no problem here.
It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
What do you gain, Soviet Union, from this miserable policy? Where is your decency? Would it be a disgrace for you to give up this battle?
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.
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.
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