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Shimon Peres Quotes

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Historic justice has been done by killing Saddam  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Israel’s doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria  (Shimon Peres Quotes) In any democratic country you have more than one view  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!  (Shimon Peres Quotes) For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic  (Shimon Peres Quotes) A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances  (Shimon Peres Quotes) The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don’t become a dictator  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Until the Yom Kippur War, in 1973, until then Israel didn’t have a chance but to fight for her life. We were attacked five times, outgunned, outnumbered, on a small piece of land, and our main challenge was to remain alive  (Shimon Peres Quotes) What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of the parents with peace for their children  (Shimon Peres Quotes) And this would normalize the existence of the Israeli and the Jew: a majority of Jews in the Land of Israel and a majority of Israelis among the Jewish People  (Shimon Peres Quotes) The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by them either. Israel is stronger today than ever  (Shimon Peres Quotes) The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control  (Shimon Peres Quotes) One of the most important branches of the Egyptian economy is tourism. No bikinis, no tourism. So they have to decide what to do  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Look, Israel doesn’t intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It’s a deterrent  (Shimon Peres Quotes) In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection  (Shimon Peres Quotes) In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who stood by throughout the terror attack that took place in Burgas last July  (Shimon Peres Quotes) If I tax them, in fact, I’m not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, trusted. It was very controversial, those sorts of things. But finally, it worked out.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?  (Shimon Peres Quotes) When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn’t think about, that doesn’t exist.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn’t taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of the parents with peace for their children.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) I didn’t plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.  (Shimon Peres Quotes) That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.  (Shimon Peres Quotes)
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