Golda Meir

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

I don't think there's any difference between a man and a woman in politics, except that a woman has to work harder to prove herself.

We will have peace with the Arabs only when they love their children more than they hate us.

The Jewish people have a right to live in their own land, in their own state, like any other people.

We do not believe in the use of force. We believe in the use of intelligence.

If we have to choose between being wise and being foolish, we'd rather be wise.

I am not interested in being a symbol. I am interested in doing my job.

I would rather be right than popular.

We have to be strong, because if we are not strong, we will be destroyed.

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

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

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. You can't stop the plane, you can't stop the storm, you can't stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.

If there's to be a curfew, let the men stay home, not the women.

Being seventy is no sin, but it's not a joke either.

If I were an Egyptian, I would kiss you also.

I don't know — I've never tried to be a man.

I'm a Palestinian. From '21 until '48, I carried a Palestinian passport.

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.