Golda Meir Quotes

Being seventy is not a sin.
Golda Meir

Birthday, Sin, Seventy

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.
Golda Meir

Women, Men, Children

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
Golda Meir

Freedom, Fashion, Reign

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

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.
Golda Meir

Men, Waiting, Secret

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
Golda Meir

Himself, Luxury, Pessimism

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

History, Art, Knowing

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
Golda Meir

Done, Thought, Almost

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
Golda Meir

Himself, Everybody, Takes

Even paranoids have real enemies.
Golda Meir

Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys.
Golda Meir

Artist, Storms, Glorious

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.
Golda Meir

Alone, Country, Whatever

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.
Golda Meir

Government, Realistic, Ideals

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Golda Meir

Find, Adversity, Partner

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Leader

Born: May 3, 1898

Died: December 8, 1978

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