Quotes by Golda Meir

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

I dont know why you use a fancy French word like detente when theres a good English phrase for it - cold war.

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

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once youre aboard, theres nothing you can do.

Being seventy is not a sin.

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.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

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

Dont be humble... youre not that great.

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

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

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.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.