Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land,… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I cannot go to elections with an open stomach. If you want to negotiate we have to conclude it before the elections.… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Palestinians are becoming religiously fanatic. Israel is becoming irrelevant. They do it for religious purpose, fanatic, they want to conquer the Middle… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
My family's dream, and my own, was to live in Israel, and our eventual voyage to the port of Jaffa was like… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, .. Nobody… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans and Democrats. As far as Israeli… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation,… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly,… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
There is a real need to construct a different Middle East. The Middle East must change because the world has changed. And… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Look, we have existed for 4,000 years - 2,000 years in diaspora, in exile. Nobody in the Middle East speaks their original… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Israel has its attractions. It's the most dramatic country in the world. Everybody's engaged. Everybody argues. When I leave Israel, I get… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
“Israel was born so Jews could finally cultivate their land with their own hands. But the most important thing to remember is… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we did not… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist? — Shimon Peres Copy Share
I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable. — Shimon Peres Copy Share
For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no real problems… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts. — Shimon Peres Copy Share
The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control. — Shimon Peres Copy Share
We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is… — Shimon Peres Copy Share
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