I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour. — Golda Meir Diaries Copy Share Image
Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust. — Golda Meir Guarantees Copy Share Image
It is always much easier, I have discovered, to make people cry or gasp than to make them think. — Golda Meir Comedy Copy Share Image
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. — Golda Meir Better Copy Share Image
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. — Golda Meir Battle Copy Share Image
The deserts of the Middle East are in need of water, not bombers. — Golda Meir Bombers Copy Share Image
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. — Golda Meir Comedy Copy Share Image
How does it feel to be a woman minister? I don't know; I've never been a man minister. — Golda Meir Doe Copy Share Image
Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. — Golda Meir Cities Copy Share Image
This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account… — Golda Meir Accounts Copy Share Image
Don't become cynical. Don't give up hope. Don't believe that everything is judged only by expediency. There is idealism in this world.… — Golda Meir Believe Copy Share Image
I want to say to you, friends, that the Jewish community in Palestine is going to fight to the very end. If… — Golda Meir Arms Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he… — Golda Meir Average Copy Share Image
By the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we'd have had the oil,… — Golda Meir Funny Copy Share Image
Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there… — Golda Meir Desert Copy Share Image
We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not… — Golda Meir Cooperation Copy Share Image
Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility… — Golda Meir Cleansing Copy Share Image
Once in a Cabinet we had to deal with the fact that there had been an outbreak of assaults on women at… — Golda Meir Assault Copy Share Image
My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You… — Golda Meir Age Copy Share Image
But the individual was not a tool for something. He was the maker of tools. He was the one who must build.… — Golda Meir Criminals Copy Share Image
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys. — Golda Meir Applause Copy Share Image
We can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children. — Golda Meir Children Copy Share Image
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. — Golda Meir Accomplished Copy Share Image
the modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don't fill up my life? — Golda Meir Asks Copy Share Image
You can get used to anything if you have to, even feeling perpetually guilty. — Golda Meir Feeling Copy Share Image
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. — Golda Meir Age Copy Share Image
Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. — Golda Meir Certainly Copy Share Image
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. — Golda Meir Compromise Copy Share Image
Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values. — Golda Meir Civilization Copy Share Image
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations. — Golda Meir Alternatives Copy Share Image
The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied. — Golda Meir Hate Copy Share Image
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. — Golda Meir Military Copy Share Image
Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else? — Golda Meir Children Copy Share Image
We say peace and the echo comes back from the other side, war. We dont want wars even when we win. — Golda Meir Echoes Copy Share Image
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. — Golda Meir Change Copy Share Image
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. — Golda Meir Censorship Copy Share Image
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies. — Golda Meir Children Copy Share Image
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. — Golda Meir Arabs Copy Share Image
