In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable. — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures. — 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
In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as… — 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
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
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
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