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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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In Israel, we read from right to left.
Fashion is an imposition, a rein on freedom.
Fallaci interview (1973)
When peace comes, we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.
Press conference in London (1969)
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.
I prefer to stay alive and be criticized than be sympathized.
Fallaci interview (1973)
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!
I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
Fallaci interview (1973)
My delegation cannot refrain from speaking on this question — we who have such an intimate knowledge of boxcars and of deportations to unknown destinations that we cannot be silent.
What person with any sense likes himself? I know myself too well to like myself.
Fallaci interview (1973)
Those nuts that burn their bras and walk around all disheveled and hate men? They’re crazy. Crazy.
Fallaci interview (1973)
From Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror ...
Fallaci interview (1973)
I want to see a film, they send the Israeli army reserves to escort me! What kind of life is this?
Fallaci interview (1973)
It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it.
Is it really asking too much for a people to want to decide its own fate; to demand that it alone shall choose flow and by whom it shall be governed; that its young people if they rise against what they believe is wrong shall not be deported from their home and country?
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