Golda Meir Quotes

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  • Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

    "Fictional character: Golda Meir". "Munich", www.imdb.com. 2005.
  • The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers.

    Golda Meir, Marie Syrkin (1973). “A land of our own: an oral autobiography”, Putnam Publishing Group
  • the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life?

    Golda Meir, Marie Syrkin (1973). “A land of our own: an oral autobiography”, Putnam Publishing Group
  • I have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.

  • 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.

    Life Magazine (p. 32), October 3, 1969.
  • The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.

  • The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

    "No Laughing Matter: The Value of Humor in Educational Leadership". Book by Ed. D Palestini, 2012.
  • But the individual was not a tool for something. He was the maker of tools. He was the one who must build. Even for the best purpose it is criminal to turn an individual into simply a means for some ultimate end. A society in which the dignity of the individual is destroyed cannot hope to be a decent society.

    Golda Meir, Marie Syrkin (1973). “A land of our own: an oral autobiography”, Putnam Publishing Group
  • 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!

    Speech at state dinner forWilly Brandt, Jerusalem, 10 June 1973
  • There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.

  • As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

  • You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.

  • 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.

  • It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.

  • The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.

  • I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

    Newsweek, January 19, 1976.
  • To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

  • 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.

    Le Monde, October 15, 1971.
  • There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.

  • I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.

    Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.
  • How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?.. the America I've known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I've known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.

    Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.
  • Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

  • One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

    "My Life". Book by Golda Meir, 1975.
  • 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.

    "My Life". Book by Golda Meir, 1975.
  • The dog that trots about finds a bone.

  • You can't improve on saying nothing.

    Golda Meir, Israel Shenker, Mary Shenker (1970). “As good as Golda: the warmth and wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister”
  • Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.

  • Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

    Interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms. Magazine, April 1973.
  • We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.

  • How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister.

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Golda Meir

  • Born: May 3, 1898
  • Died: December 8, 1978
  • Occupation: Former Prime Minister of Israel