All Golda Meir Quotes
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
Golda Meir
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
Golda Meir
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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda Meir
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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
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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir
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We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
Golda Meir
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We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.
Golda Meir
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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.
Golda Meir
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Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
Golda Meir
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Moses dragged us for 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil.
Golda Meir
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