Anybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
GOLDA MEIRAnybody who believes in something without reservation believes that this thing is right and should be, has the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them.
GOLDA MEIRThere’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.
GOLDA MEIRIt is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.
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 MEIRZionism and pessimism are not compatible.
GOLDA MEIRCan we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?
GOLDA MEIRThe modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
GOLDA MEIRWhether women are better than men I cannot say – but I can say they are certainly no worse.
GOLDA MEIRIsrael itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
GOLDA MEIRThere 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 MEIRWe don’t want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRYou’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
GOLDA MEIRMen are committing the rapes. Let them be put under curfew.
GOLDA MEIRAbove 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 MEIRBy the way, did you ever realize that if Moses would have turned right instead of left, we’d have had the oil, the Arabs would have had the sand?
GOLDA MEIRWe can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
GOLDA MEIR