Golda Meir Quotes

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.

Don't be so humble, you're not that great

What do you gain, Soviet Union, from this miserable policy? Where is your decency? Would it be a disgrace for you to give up this battle?

There is no Zionism except the rescue of Jews.

واغرورقت عيناي بالدموع وارتعشت يداي، فهذه هي دولة إسرائيل. لقد عملناها وصنعنا دولة إسرائيل. وأنا جولدا مابوفيتش مايرسون، قد عشت لأرى هذا اليوم. ولا يهم الثمن الذي قد يدفعه أي منا، فلقد أعدنا خلق الوطن القومي اليهودي.

Women’s Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s the men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one’s likely to do anything about that.

I have given instructions that I be informed every time one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in the middle of the night. When President Nasser leaves instructions that he is to be awakened in the middle of the night if an Egyptian soldier is killed, there will be peace.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don’t be.

In Israel, we read from right to left. [To Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State, who had written her that he considers himself 'an American first, Secretary of State second, and a Jew third']

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.

"ولأول مرة منذ كنت طفلة تفزعني أصوات حوافر خيول القوقاز في روسيا، أدركت في إيفيان أنه لا يكفي للضعيف أن يعرض عدالة قضيته فقط.
وهكذا فإنه إذا كان على كل أمة أن تجيب على السؤال الأزلي "نكون ولا نكون" كل بطريقتها، فإن اليهود لم يكونوا – ولا يجب أن يكونوا – في حاجة إلى تصريح من أحد بالبقاء."

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Those nuts that burn their bras and walk around all disheveled and hate men? They’re crazy. Crazy.

Let me tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the Middle East that has no oil!