Golda Meir — "We do not believe in the use of force. We believe in the use of intelligence."

"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."

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

"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 …"

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

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