Quotes by Golda Meir

About Golda Meir:

Golda Meir was an Israeli teacher, kibbutznik, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

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Being seventy is not a sin.

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

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

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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

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

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Don't be humble... you're not that great.

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I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

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

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

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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

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Even paranoids have real enemies.

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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.

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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!

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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

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

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It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

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You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameGolda Meir
  • Descriptionprime minister of Israel
  • AliasesGolda Meyerson; Golda Mabovich
  • BornMay 3, 1898
  • DiedDecember 8, 1978
  • CountryIsrael
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat; Teacher
  • AwardsIsrael Prize; Israel Prize