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.

— Golda Meir

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

— Golda Meir

A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!

— Golda Meir

Being seventy is not a sin.

— Golda Meir

Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?

— Golda Meir

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

— Golda Meir

Don't be humble. You're not that great.

— Golda Meir

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.

— Golda Meir

Don't be so humble. You're not that great.

— Golda Meir

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