Golda Meir Quotes

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitz (גולדה מאיר‎ 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the State of Israel. She served as Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. She is the only woman to have served as a Prime Minister of Israel. Born in Kiev in the Russian Empire to Jewish parents, Meir immigrated as a child with her family to the United States in 1906.

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Native Name: גולדה מאיר

Alternative Names: Golda Meyerson • Golda Mabovich

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It has never ceased to astonish me that the Arab states have been so eager to go to war against us. Almost from the very beginning of Zionist settlement until today, they have been consumed by hatred for us.

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

„Moderne Geschichte sollte man nur mit dem Bleistift schreiben.

We don't thrive on military acts, we do them because we have to, and thank God [that] we are efficient.