I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
GOLDA MEIRI never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
GOLDA MEIROld age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do.
GOLDA MEIRIsrael itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.
GOLDA MEIRI’m a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.
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 MEIRMy dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you’re in it there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop a plane, you can’t stop a storm, you can’t stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.
GOLDA MEIRPessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
GOLDA MEIRThe public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
GOLDA MEIRWe don’t want wars even when we win.
GOLDA MEIRThe modern woman asks herself: Is there something wrong with me if my children don’t fill up my life?
GOLDA MEIRFashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
GOLDA MEIRThe only alternative to war is peace and the only road to peace is negotiations.
GOLDA MEIRThere 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 MEIRYou can’t improve on saying nothing.
GOLDA MEIRWe can forgive you for killing our children, but we can never forgive you for making us kill your children.
GOLDA MEIRThe world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.
GOLDA MEIR