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
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
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
Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does… — 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
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
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
