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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There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Golda Meir

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.

Golda Meir

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

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Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.

Golda Meir

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

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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Golda Meir

We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.

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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.

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Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil!

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Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either

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A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a ...

Golda Meir

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.

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There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews.

Golda Meir

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

Golda Meir

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

Golda Meir

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

Golda Meir

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

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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.

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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.

Golda Meir

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

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

Golda Meir

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