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

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Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself. – Unknown

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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. - Golda Meir

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Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. — Walter Elliot

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To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. - Golda Meir

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Above 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 Meir

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

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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. - Golda Meir

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We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go. - Golda Meir

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

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