[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The minute you try to threaten and use boycotts I think it is outside the democratic perception. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook. — 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… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The history of Israel is divided into two parts. One, under attack that we have had to defend ourselves. When you defend… — 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
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
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
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 United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis… — 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
![“[Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.” quote by Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1d/shimon-peres-1970_democracy_hamas-thought-that-if-you-go-to-election_607796.jpg)
![“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)
