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It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons.
Shimon Peres
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Shimon Peres
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: August 16
Died: 2016
Died: September 28
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President Of Israel
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I've worked with 10 presidents. It's a record. I worked with Republicans and Democrats. All of them when it came to Israel were, movingly, friendly. From Truman, who was the first to recognize Israel 11 minutes after the U.N. resolution, to Obama. When it comes to the major issues of security and strategy, we are together, completely.
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Polls are like perfume-nice to smell, dangerous to swallow.
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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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Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here?
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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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In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
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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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Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.
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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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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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I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.
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Our problem is not to submit to the differences but to overcome them.
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[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.
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I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook.
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For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.
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