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
struggle believe overcoming
It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
funny birthday women
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
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.
country morning thinking
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.
peace war alternatives
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
sympathy expression people
There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
women believe overcoming
Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
israel territory cleansing
How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
home dark night
Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at night. One minister suggested a curfew; women should stay home after dark. I said, 'But it's the men who are attacking the women. If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.
humorous israel pessimism
Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
giving-up humorous smoking
I don't want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there's no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won't die young.
israel holocaust guarantees
Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
country working-together collaboration
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
children war hate
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.