Shimon Peres

“On the day I took office, the annual inflation rate in Israel had reached a horrific 400 percent.”

— Shimon Peres

“If you eat three times a day you'll be fed but if you read three times a day you'll be wise".”

— Shimon Peres

If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to…

— Shimon Peres

We are the only country who is an ally of the United States that never asked for American soldiers.

— Shimon Peres

The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.

— Shimon Peres

Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune.

— Shimon Peres

“We may soon find that peace is made possible not through negotiation but through innovation.”

— Shimon Peres

You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea.

— Shimon Peres

Democracy wants to win by reason, not by arms or by any other material damage, because, look, I don't have to remind…

— Shimon Peres

Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government.…

— Shimon Peres

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom…

— Shimon Peres

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

Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be…

— Shimon Peres

We have to take care about nature as much as nature is taking care about us. Nature is very kind with us.…

— Shimon Peres

Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who…

— Shimon Peres

Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness…

— Shimon Peres

“We spoke often of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, who argued that the future of the Jewish people depended…

— Shimon Peres

As president, I was more successful; I had more opportunity than as prime minister. Why? I didn't have the power to give…

— Shimon Peres

I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel…

— Shimon Peres

Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel…

— Shimon Peres

“My greatest hope is that our children, like our forefathers, will continue to plow the historical Jewish furrow in the field of…

— Shimon Peres

If you have children, you cannot feed them forever with flags for breakfast and cartridges for lunch. You need something more substantial.…

— Shimon Peres

And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They…

— Shimon Peres

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st…

— Shimon Peres

In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

— Shimon Peres

I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments.

— Shimon Peres

“it’s not enough to be up to date. We have to be up “to-morrow.”

— Shimon Peres

A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not…

— Shimon Peres

“When a friend makes a mistake, the friend remains a friend, and the mistake remains a mistake".”

— Shimon Peres

I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.

— Shimon Peres

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

— Shimon Peres

He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

— Shimon Peres

The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.

— Shimon Peres

I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.

— Shimon Peres

Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets.

— Shimon Peres

You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace.

— Shimon Peres

There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.

— Shimon Peres

“Peace is a purpose—a goal worthy of the chase, while war is a function—born out of reluctant necessity.”

— Shimon Peres

“Making peace is not a simple endeavor. It is a constant struggle. But its complexity should not overshadow its purpose.”

— Shimon Peres

“When Israel was weak, I worked to make her fierce. But once she was strong, I gave my life’s efforts to peace.”

— Shimon Peres