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
men israel doubt
A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!
men average doubt
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
arabs secret war weapon
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
cannot delegation intimate knowledge refrain speaking unknown
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.
arabs children hate love peace
We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us
great
Don't be so humble, you're not that great.
beautiful develop forced girl handicap inner true
Not being beautiful was the true blessing... Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
best care honor promise
It's not an obsession, it's a devotion. My promise to her is to do this to the best of my ability. I told her, 'I will take care of you, I will honor you.'
bear liberation likely men
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.
fools-and-foolishness liberation
Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness
children war coffee
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. I entered the houses, there were houses where the coffee and pita bread were left on the table, and I could not avoid [thinking] that this, indeed, had been the picture in many Jewish towns [i.e., in Europe, during World War II]'.
war use fancy
I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.
age sin seventies
It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
war victory want
It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.