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Israel is moving from the realm of poetry to the realm of prose.

Shimon Peres

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Shimon Peres
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 16
Died: 2016
Died: September 28
Poet
Politician
President Of Israel
Writer
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Szymon Perski
Peres
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Israel
Poetry
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Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness and polemics to a very high level.
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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 and shooting. You have the change it by creating and competing.
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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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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.
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The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.
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The Holocaust is a great warning to us all. We shall never forget our sisters and brothers. We have to ensure it is not repeated and to ensure we never go back to the days when humans behaved as beasts. Forgetfulness is a menace, we must remember.
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They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever.
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Can any church help us to win a war? If you can't help us win a war, then please don't press us.
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The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map.
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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
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He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.
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Historic justice has been done by killing Saddam.
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I am a president who also gives pardons. Usually my considerations are humane.
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I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region.
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Palestinians are becoming religiously fanatic. Israel is becoming irrelevant. They do it for religious purpose, fanatic, they want to conquer the Middle East under the command of the Iranians.
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It's a morality that keeps humans human.
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[Hamas] lives on their rifles and bombs.
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Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.
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Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.
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I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments.
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