Golda Meir

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Even paranoids have real enemies.

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

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Being seventy is not a sin.

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

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.