Shimon Peres Quotes - Page 4

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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

  Iran, Russia, Want

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• Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn't fall victim to believe that they are immune.

  Shimon Peres

  Believe, Fall, Victim

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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

  True Friend, July, Israel

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• Some experts advise what to do in accordance with the past, but the past flew away, and we have to reorient ourselves in the face of new dangers.

  Shimon Peres

  Past, Experts, Faces

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We have to be reasonable people.

  Shimon Peres

  People, Reasonable

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.

  Shimon Peres

  Giving, President, Consideration

  "Q & A with Israel President Shimon Peres". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

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• Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.

  Shimon Peres

  Government, Company, Goodwill

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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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.

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  Girl, Morning, Wife

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

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  Country, Iran, Order

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• The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be alarmed by them either. Israel is stronger today than ever.

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  Israel, Stronger, Middle East

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• Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of the parents with peace for their children.

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  Dream, Country, Children

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• 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 thousands of people.

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  New York, Real, Israel

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

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  Taken, Army, Firsts

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

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  Middle East, Poverty, Problem

  "Israeli President Shimon Peres Applauds Hollywood's Influence on Youth" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 9, 2012.

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• My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

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  Struggle, Heart, Sacrifice

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• What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?

  Shimon Peres

  Land, Important Choices, Israel

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• I don't know what is stronger or what is weaker.The whole language of strength and weaknesses is irrelevant,because when you use arms you do not use ballots, and public opinion is unimportant, and they shoot at their opponents.

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  Stronger, Weakness, Public Opinion

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.

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  Europe, America, Giving

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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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.

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  Winning, Uprising, Israel

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• We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists to freeze all costs, no matter what the inflation is.

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  Giving Up, Salary, Cost

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as a shelter. And they say you do not have a choice.

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  Law, Choices, Doe

  "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.

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• Most of the Palestinians don't understand what they're doing... Politically, people can say what they want. The problem is not political, but religious.

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  Religious, People, Political

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• [Hamas] lives on their rifles and bombs.

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  Rifles, Bombs, Hamas

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.

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  Trust, Government, Talking

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

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  Defense, Ministry

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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