More from Golda Meir
The only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
Golda MeirGolda Meir Whether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda MeirGolda Meir There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.
Golda MeirGolda Meir It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.
Golda MeirGolda Meir It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
Golda MeirGolda Meir We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
Golda MeirGolda 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 MeirGolda Meir Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
Golda MeirGolda Meir It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.
Golda MeirGolda Meir Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.
Golda MeirGolda Meir Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
Golda MeirGolda Meir We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.
Golda MeirGolda Meir Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.
Golda MeirGolda Meir There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.
Golda MeirGolda Meir Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.
Golda MeirGolda Meir One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda MeirGolda Meir
Original quotes
From our community writers
You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
TMCTMC
Meet the writers
More on country
We Need a Government that Works for All.
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.
Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams Your vote matters. In fact, it can be decisive in determining the future of our entire country.
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders Your vote matters. In fact, it can be decisive in determining the future of our entire country.
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders It’s so important that young people’s voices are heard this election. You are the future of this country.
Joe BidenJoe Biden It’s so important that young people’s voices are heard this election. You are the future of this country.
Joe BidenJoe Biden A lot of people don’t understand the Black Panthers Party’s relationship with white mother country radicals.
Fred HamptonFred Hampton