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There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary. - Shimon Peres
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You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace. - Shimon Peres
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For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic. - Shimon Peres
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As president, I was more successful; I had more opportunity than as prime minister. Why? I didn't have the power to give orders, to command, but I had the opportunity to call people to volunteer. In my period of presidency, I never heard the word 'no.' - Shimon Peres
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I felt that if I could make the world better for the young, that would be the greatest thing we can do. - Shimon Peres
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In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures. - Shimon Peres
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. - Shimon Peres
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I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations. - Shimon Peres
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Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror. - Shimon Peres
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He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor. - Shimon Peres
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The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we did not win the greatest victory that we aspired to: release from the need to win victories. - Shimon Peres
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Let all of us turn from bullets to ballots, from guns to shovels. - Shimon Peres
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The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money. - Shimon Peres
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Look, we have existed for 4,000 years - 2,000 years in diaspora, in exile. Nobody in the Middle East speaks their original language but Israel. When we started 64 years ago, we were 650,000 people. So, you know, we are maybe swimming a little bit against the stream, but we continue to swim. - Shimon Peres
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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
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Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who stood by throughout the terror attack that took place in Burgas last July. - Shimon Peres
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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 with you, you will have a coalition against you. I don't want to see China and Russia on the side of Iran more strongly than they are. - Shimon Peres
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He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement. - Shimon Peres
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Science doesn't have flags. Science doesn't have borders. - Shimon Peres
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When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist. - Shimon Peres
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The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better. - Shimon Peres
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I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make. - Shimon Peres
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The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people. - Shimon Peres
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In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. - Shimon Peres
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I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process. - Shimon Peres
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Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital. - Shimon Peres
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There is no alternative to peace. There is no sense to go to war. - Shimon Peres
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