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 MEIRMen 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 MEIRWe don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
GOLDA MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
GOLDA MEIRHow can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to.
GOLDA MEIRMen are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
GOLDA MEIRNot 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 MEIRThis country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.
GOLDA MEIRI have always felt sorry for people afraid of feeling, of sentimentality, who are unable to weep with their whole heart. Because those who do not know how to weep do not know how to laugh either.
GOLDA MEIRFrom Russia I didn’t bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
GOLDA MEIRCan we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
GOLDA MEIRYou’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
GOLDA MEIRI don’t want to have a bad influence on anybody, but there’s no point in my giving up cigarettes now. I won’t die young.
GOLDA MEIRWomen’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
GOLDA MEIRShow me a sensible person who likes himself or herself! I know myself too well to like what I see. I know but too well that I’m not what I’d like to be.
GOLDA MEIRThose that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.
GOLDA MEIRI 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