Best Golda Meir Sayings
- A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. Battle
- 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. Anti War
- Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. Better
- 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… All
- To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. Bullying
- 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… Accident
- 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… Affected
- You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. Adversity
- Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. Ability
- Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. Fashion
- Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. Allow
- I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. Accomplished
- I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war. Cold
- The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. Art
- As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. Almost Anything
- Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. Applause
- The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. Government
- Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do… Anti Feminist
- Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were… Age
- It isn't really important to decide when you are very young just exactly what you want to become when you grow up. It is much… Causes
- 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… Amused
- My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a… Age
- We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace… Arabs
- Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. All
- We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. Alternative