Golda Meir, 1898 - 1978
US News & World Report photo by Marion S. Trikosko (1 March 1973)
Born: 3 May 1898, Kiev, Russian Empire
Died: 8 December 1978, Jerusalem, Israel
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- A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. permalink
Golda Meir - Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. permalink
Golda Meir - 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. permalink
Golda Meir - on 30th anniversary of the founding of Israel in International Herald Tribune (11 May 1978) - America is a great country. It has many shortcomings, many social inequalities, and it's tragic that the problem of the blacks wasn't solved fifty or even a hundred years ago, but it's still a great country, a country full of opportunities, of freedom! Does it seem nothing to you to be able to say what you like, even against the government, the Establishment? permalink
Golda Meir - interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms magazine (April 1973) - 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. permalink
Golda Meir - speech to the Knesset (October 1961) - Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided — not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. permalink
Golda Meir - Time (19 February 1973) - As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. permalink
Golda Meir - At work, you think of the children you've left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself, your heart is rent. permalink
Golda Meir - Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. permalink
Golda Meir - Being seventy is not a sin. permalink
Golda Meir - Don't be so humble - you are not that great. permalink
Golda Meir - Fashion is an imposition, a rein on freedom. permalink
Golda Meir - interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms magazine (April 1973) - Finally, I wish to say that from the time I came to Palestine as a young woman, we have been forced to choose between what is more dangerous and what is less dangerous for us. At times we have all been tempted to give in to various pressures and to accept proposals that might guarantee us a little quiet for a few months, or maybe even for a few years, but that could only lead us eventually into even greater peril. permalink
Golda Meir - 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. permalink
Golda Meir - interview with Oriana Fallaci, Ms magazine (April 1973) - Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. permalink
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