Golda Meir

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

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

“Being seventy is not a sin.”

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

“Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.”

“We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The dog that trots about finds a bone.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”