Quotes by Golda Meir

“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us”

“Dont be so humble, youre not that great.”

“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”

“Those who dont know how to weep with their whole heart, dont know how to laugh either.”

“Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.”

“Dont be humble. You arent that great.”

“Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.”

“A leader who doesnt hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.”

“To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.”

“We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.”

“Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!”

“The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.”

“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.”

“If an expert says it cant be done, get another expert”

“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.”

“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.”

“Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.”

“We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”

“It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We dont want victories anymore.”

“Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.”