Golda Meir
Golda Meir (1898-1978) was first female Israeli prime minister who was immigrated to Palestine from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was involved in the beginning in work for the Histdarut (Federation of Labour) and fought for state of Israel. Eventually became minister of labour during 1949-56, minister of foreign affairs during 1956-66, and prime minister during 1969-74.Wisdom & Quotes
- You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty.
- To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.
- How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister.
- Don't be humble. You're not that great.
- A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
- Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
- Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
- The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
- You can't improve on saying nothing.
- I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
- It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
- Being seventy is not a sin.
- We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
- We don't want wars even when we win.
- We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
- To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
- Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
Albert John Luthuli