Golda Meir was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, stateswoman, and politician. She was an Israeli politician who helped found the State of Israel and later served as its fourth prime minister. Meir was the first woman to hold the post. Inspirational Golda Meir quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Most Famous Golda Meir Quotes
We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons. Golda Meir
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. Golda Meir
We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children. Golda Meir
Whether women are better than men I cannot say but I can say they are certainly no worse. Golda Meir
There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse. Golda Meir
I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty, or go to a concert when I like. Golda Meir
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome. Golda Meir
It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle. Golda Meir
At work, you think of the children you have 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. Golda Meir
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. 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 Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely. Golda Meir
It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. well, what if i do those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. Golda Meir
Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. Golda Meir
At work, you think of the children you have 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. Golda Meir
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be. Golda Meir
You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies. Golda Meir
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.Golda Meir
Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else? Golda Meir
Don’t be so humble, you’re not that great. Golda Meir
The modern woman asks herself: Is There something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life? Golda Meir
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do?. Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.Golda Meir
I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men [sic] who made war as you study absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism. Golda Meir
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. Golda Meir
Whether women are better than men i cannot say, but i can say they are certainly no worse. Golda Meir
We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us. Golda Meir
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. 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. Golda Meir
Men who have reached and passed forty five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this. Golda Meir
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values. Golda Meir
Don’t become cynical. Don’t give up hope. Don’t believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world. There is human brotherhood. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others. Golda Meir
My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences. Cassandra Wilson
How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don’t know; I’ve never been a minister. Golda Meir
For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which links our earth to heaven. Edward Carpenter
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied. Golda Meir
We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency services in all of America’s major cities. Once we determine that, then we can decide what the funding is. Warren Rudman
Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew. Golda Meir
A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist
If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place. Golda Meir
There can be Jerusalem without Israel, but there cannot be Israel without Jerusalem
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. Golda Meir
Peace will come to the Middle East when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir
If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel’
Whether women are better than men I cannot say but I can say they are certainly no worse. Golda Meir
The State of Israel was formed so Jews don’t have to take any shit, from any one, any more
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world no ideals.
What can’t be done with force can simply be done with more force
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others. Golda Meir
Ok, I’m going to demonstrate this only once!
Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil! Golda Meir
It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke. Golda Meir
It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle. Golda Meir
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. Golda Meir
Men are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew. Golda Meir
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. Golda Meir
I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism. Golda Meir
We will not forgive you for making us kill your sons. Golda Meir
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied. Golda Meir
The British went on fighting like lions against the Germans, the Italians, and the Japanese, but they couldn’t or wouldn’t stand up to the Arabs at all though much of the Arab world was openly pro Nazi. Golda Meir
There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews. Golda Meir
There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed. Golda Meir
I’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour. Golda Meir
I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If we have arms to fight with, we will fight with those, and if not, we will fight with stones in our hands.Golda Meir
