Golda Meir Quotes

I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture.

I'm no more or less Jewish than any other Jew. Israel has survived because we haven't forgot our Judaism, but there are some Israelis who did forget.

Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.

I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they have abjured the faith like Spinoza, Marx, Disraeli or Heine. Despite the meditations of pundits or the decrees of council, our own instincts and acts, and those of others, have defined for us the term 'Jew.'

I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had never known that I was supposed to feel ashamed about it.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.

I've liked being Jewish in America - there's a secular version of Jewishness there that's more about bagels and jokes than going to synagogues.

Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.

Jewish people are tough people. They believe in something and believe it really strong, and I find it fascinating that a small country like Israel is as powerful as it is.

I have been aware since my youth that I am a Hebrew through my mother, and that is something that has played a subtle but important role in my development.

What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do

There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think it's something to be embraced and respected.

As a Jew, support for Israel is in my DNA.

I am very proud of being Jewish.

I think that Judaism has been, throughout its history since A.D. 70, a diaspora culture that's all about being a minority. In fact, being a small minority. When I'm in Israel, I cannot get used to the notion that we're all Jewish. It doesn't seem to me that we're supposed to all be Jewish.

Jewishness is a very big part of my identity. I am a proud Jew, I would say, who doesn't practice very actively.

Living in Israel is similar to living in an island. It's a very small and isolated place. It's a very strong place in terms of the culture and the conditioning that you go through.

I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves.

I'll tell you what I like about Chinese people: they're hanging in there with the chop sticks, aren't they? You know they've seen the fork. They're staying with the sticks.