Author: Golda Meir

Quotes

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

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

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

- Golda Meir

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

- Golda Meir

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

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

- Golda Meir

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

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

- Golda Meir

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.

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

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

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

- Golda Meir

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

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.

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

- Golda Meir

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