Quotes By Golda Meir
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
Golda Meir
I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.
Golda Meir
We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
Golda Meir
Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
Golda Meir
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.
Golda Meir
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!
Golda Meir
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.
Golda Meir
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.
Golda Meir
A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
Golda Meir
We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Golda Meir
It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
Golda Meir
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 perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
Golda Meir
I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
Golda Meir
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda Meir
Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda Meir