I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, trusted. It was… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better people, not… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there… — 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
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
Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I don't think for example that the Indians look at [what is right and what is wrong] that way [the Palestinians do].… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![“I don't think for example that the Indians look at [what is right and what is wrong] that way [the Palestinians do]. There are a billion, 200 million people in that part of the world. Why? They suffer from terror. People that do not suffer from it don't understand what I'm talking about, you know?” quote by Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/206/shimon-peres-1970_billions_i-don-t-think-for-example-that-the-india_2696671.jpg)
![“For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no real problems [between the United States and Israel]. Now there are many small cells, and each of them can destroy on their own. Some can arrive at New York and kill…” quote by Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/92a/shimon-peres-1970_attacking_for-many-years-the-stakes-were-clear-the_45612.jpg)
