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> [We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-had-a-lot-of-support-don-t-give-me-the-world-just-the-televisions/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/leading-the-jewish-people-is-not-easy-we-are-a-divided-obstinate/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-history-of-israel-is-divided-into-two-parts-one-under-attack-that/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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## Other authors on Divided

## More by Shimon Peres

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/one-of-the-things-the-united-states-does-well-is-building-coalitions/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-don-t-think-anybody-who-carries-a-rifle-carries-the-future-because/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-thought-all-my-life-that-optimists-and-pessimists-pass-away-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-call-on-the-iranian-people-it-is-not-too-late-to-replace-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/in-many-ways-the-media-today-makes-dictatorship-impossible-but-it/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no real problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/for-many-years-the-stakes-were-clear-there-were-the-arabs-attacking/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [It's a morality that keeps humans human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/it-s-a-morality-that-keeps-humans-human/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/when-it-becomes-a-bloody-reality-we-have-to-come-together-and-look-at/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/a-politician-and-a-government-should-be-judged-by-one-way-only-on-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [“The choice the pioneers faced was stark: succeed or starve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-choice-the-pioneers-faced-was-stark-succeed-or-starve/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-are-living-in-a-world-where-image-making-is-important-so-we-ignore/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/the-internet-facebook-and-twitter-have-created-mass-communications/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/we-had-a-lot-of-support-don-t-give-me-the-world-just-the-televisions/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [You're as young as your dreams, not as old as your calendar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/you-re-as-young-as-your-dreams-not-as-old-as-your-calendar/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

> [In every war, there are always elements of blindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/in-every-war-there-are-always-elements-of-blindness/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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