Golda Meir quotes

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

I 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.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

Women'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.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Being seventy is not a sin.

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.