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01Undated

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Golda Meir / quote

02Undated

Being seventy is not a sin.

Golda Meir / quote

03Undated

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 / quote

04Undated

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

Golda Meir / quote

05Undated

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

Golda Meir / quote

06Undated

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

Golda Meir / quote

07Undated

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

Golda Meir / quote