The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight. - 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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We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient. - Golda Meir

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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. - 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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Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; instead they require maturity to outgrow them. ― Steve Maraboli

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Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. - Golda Meir

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

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Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. - 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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