"We have concluded a peace treaty with Egypt. We have not concluded a peace treaty with the Arab world. And there is a difference."

"We have to fight for our existence. It's not a question of ideology; it's a question of life and death."

"It's not a sin to be a woman, but it's a nuisance."

"I never would have believed in 1948 that I would live to see a woman prime minister of Israel."

"If we have to choose between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image."