I do not know anybody that is threatening Iran. It is a safe country. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Hamas married the Iranians. It was their choice. They are the same family. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Most of the Palestinians don't understand what they're doing... Politically, people can say what they want. The problem is not political, but… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
If world is suspicious that Israel may detonate nuclear bomb and if the suspicion is a deterrent - that's good enough. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
When I look at the record of President Obama concerning the major issue security I think it's a highly satisfactory record from… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
And this would normalize the existence of the Israeli and the Jew: a majority of Jews in the Land of Israel and… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
President Abbas and myself, we are the ones who signed the Oslo agreement, so we really know each other, not just theoretically. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune. — 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
“My greatest hope is that our children, like our forefathers, will continue to plow the historical Jewish furrow in the field of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“We spoke often of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, who argued that the future of the Jewish people depended… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government.… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
We have to stand together against terror and the reasons for terrorism, which are poverty and ignorance. — 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
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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist? — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Image
In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable. — 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 real problems… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image