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Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonist...
EHUD BARAK Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether...
IAN LUSTICK![]()
We had met. I had met Shimon Peres in Cairo, in Lisbon before that, before that my colleagues met hi...
YASSER ARAFAT I trust our people. But I'm sure that I will be their choice.
TARJA HALONEN Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.
SHIMON PERES Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe,...
SHIMON PERES Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based e...
SHIMON PERES When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you did...
SHIMON PERES A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinia...
SHIMON PERES If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, t...
SHIMON PERES Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how...
SHIMON PERES Israel has its attractions. It's the most dramatic country in the world. Everybody's engaged...
SHIMON PERES The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we...
SHIMON PERES In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advan...
SHIMON PERES Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do...
SHIMON PERES Let all of us turn from bullets to ballots, from guns to shovels.
SHIMON PERES I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans an...
SHIMON PERES David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he...
SHIMON PERES Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have ...
SHIMON PERES The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be dis...
SHIMON PERES The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and ed...
SHIMON PERES If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be cope...
SHIMON PERES My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives t...
SHIMON PERES I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezree...
SHIMON PERES When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she...
SHIMON PERES one of the ... bravest and most principled political leaders of our time.
SHIMON PERES What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth i...
SHIMON PERES The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One i...
SHIMON PERES What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to k...
SHIMON PERES Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leade...
SHIMON PERES Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generati...
SHIMON PERES I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from t...
SHIMON PERES I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.
SHIMON PERES When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone els...
SHIMON PERES The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by s...
SHIMON PERES He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't s...
SHIMON PERES We don't want to occupy them or reoccupy them, and as soon as it is possible we shall be more than h...
SHIMON PERES I think it would be illogical, or I would even say insane for them to continue along the extremist l...
SHIMON PERES This is the first time in the annals of Palestine that they will be completely in charge of their la...
SHIMON PERES And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen,...
SHIMON PERES He is speaking about a policy which is similar to the one that Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and [Martin...
SHIMON PERES If things emerge reasonably well in Gaza, then the door is open for further moves, wider decisions, ...
SHIMON PERES He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible.
SHIMON PERES This is a country which proves that it can make a difficult decision, a democratic decision, without...
SHIMON PERES promoting fear in the nation.
SHIMON PERES We are talking about human rights, ... The first human right is to remain alive, and Israel is in da...
SHIMON PERES I believe Sadat was an outstanding statesman, and Mister Begin raised to the occasion, and President...
SHIMON PERES unjustifiable escalation that could endanger the Middle East region.
SHIMON PERES I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?
SHIMON PERES You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea. (on the assassinatio...
SHIMON PERES While Yitzhak was alive, he couldn't have had a better supporter than Leah, ... After the assassinat...
SHIMON PERES Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment....
SHIMON PERES The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes c...
SHIMON PERES It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better...
SHIMON PERES The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The...
SHIMON PERES For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.
SHIMON PERES It is as much an internal battle within the whole Arab world as a conflict with Israel.
SHIMON PERES The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, ...
SHIMON PERES I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary...
SHIMON PERES My family's dream, and my own, was to live in Israel, and our eventual voyage to the port of Jaf...
SHIMON PERES it will be very difficult to continue with the peace process.
SHIMON PERES [Another Palestinian official called the cease-fire declaration a] trick, ... I invite the Palestini...
SHIMON PERES The settlements must be evacuated; the settlers cannot remain,
SHIMON PERES There is no sense whatsoever to remain here. The settlements must be evacuated.
SHIMON PERES With the religious you can hardly negotiate. They think they have supreme permission to kill people ...
SHIMON PERES We will haven't recovered from this (the Holocaust) and I still hear these calls from Iran to destro...
SHIMON PERES It was impossible to clap with one hand.
SHIMON PERES We are going to try for a while to reach a bilateral agreement.
SHIMON PERES There is no dispute, ... There are two different (governmental) systems. Sometimes there are contrad...
SHIMON PERES Yesterday there was an attempt to make a decision to bring down the Palestinian Authority and in eff...
SHIMON PERES Israel expects the Palestinian authorities to take immediate action to stop the firing and put an en...
SHIMON PERES This is like committing suicide.
SHIMON PERES We feel that we can answer the expectation of the president, ... What we are trying to do is impress...
SHIMON PERES we would have left the Gaza Strip ten years ago.
SHIMON PERES I am in favor of talking with the Palestinians, ... I think the [aerial] bombings should be stopped....
SHIMON PERES Israel's demands for a cessation of violence and terror and incitement which has not ceased.
SHIMON PERES They're endangering every attempt to build a block of peace again, ... This reduces very much the ne...
SHIMON PERES We have extremes, ... We don't let extremes use rifles.
SHIMON PERES Unless there will be an end to the rifles and the shooting, I'll be very pessimistic about the futur...
SHIMON PERES Clinton is the greatest charmer on the planet. What he is doing today is noble and global, ... I per...
SHIMON PERES In the new age we must be open, competitive, transparent, keep your decency, ... The Jewish people w...
SHIMON PERES Terrorism must be rooted out,
SHIMON PERES In this meeting we had an exchange of views, and we will continue talking, ... It is better talking ...
SHIMON PERES Gaza from now on is the problem of the Palestinians, not Israel, ... They have tens of thousands of ...
SHIMON PERES The Palestinians must demonstrate they are capable of controlling Gaza. If they do not demonstrate t...
SHIMON PERES Who in the world will pay money (in international aid) or help the Palestinians if terrorism rules i...
SHIMON PERES We are not making Gaza into a prison, people will be able to leave Gaza and enter Gaza, and within G...
SHIMON PERES The occupation of the Gaza Strip was an historic mistake,
SHIMON PERES We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the vict...
SHIMON PERES In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verificat...
SHIMON PERES You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of li...
SHIMON PERES We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists t...
SHIMON PERES You knew then that Shimon could control Hoff.
CARLOS PROCHNOW![]()
I'm not quite sure of his place in history. History will determine that.
MARGARET THATCHER Our time in history will definitely speak of change. I'm not sure our children will look back and sa...
PETER STROPLE![]()
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.
JOHN MILTON![]()
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution
JOHN MILTON![]()
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
TED KOPPEL Today a dollar will be like a cent to us because its from our parents but im sure tomorrow when u st...
HARSHVINRAJ SINGH
EPHRAIM MIRVIS I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonist...
EHUD BARAK Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether...
IAN LUSTICK
We had met. I had met Shimon Peres in Cairo, in Lisbon before that, before that my colleagues met hi... YASSER ARAFAT I trust our people. But I'm sure that I will be their choice.
TARJA HALONEN Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.
SHIMON PERES Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe,...
SHIMON PERES Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based e...
SHIMON PERES When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you did...
SHIMON PERES A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinia...
SHIMON PERES If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, t...
SHIMON PERES Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how...
SHIMON PERES Israel has its attractions. It's the most dramatic country in the world. Everybody's engaged...
SHIMON PERES The wars we fought were forced upon us. Thanks to the Israel Defense Forces, we won them all, but we...
SHIMON PERES In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advan...
SHIMON PERES Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do...
SHIMON PERES Let all of us turn from bullets to ballots, from guns to shovels.
SHIMON PERES I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans an...
SHIMON PERES David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he...
SHIMON PERES Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have ...
SHIMON PERES The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be dis...
SHIMON PERES The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and ed...
SHIMON PERES If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be cope...
SHIMON PERES My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives t...
SHIMON PERES I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezree...
SHIMON PERES When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she...
SHIMON PERES one of the ... bravest and most principled political leaders of our time.
SHIMON PERES What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth i...
SHIMON PERES The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One i...
SHIMON PERES What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to k...
SHIMON PERES Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leade...
SHIMON PERES Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generati...
SHIMON PERES I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from t...
SHIMON PERES I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read.
SHIMON PERES When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone els...
SHIMON PERES The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by s...
SHIMON PERES He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't s...
SHIMON PERES We don't want to occupy them or reoccupy them, and as soon as it is possible we shall be more than h...
SHIMON PERES I think it would be illogical, or I would even say insane for them to continue along the extremist l...
SHIMON PERES This is the first time in the annals of Palestine that they will be completely in charge of their la...
SHIMON PERES And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen,...
SHIMON PERES He is speaking about a policy which is similar to the one that Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and [Martin...
SHIMON PERES If things emerge reasonably well in Gaza, then the door is open for further moves, wider decisions, ...
SHIMON PERES He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible.
SHIMON PERES This is a country which proves that it can make a difficult decision, a democratic decision, without...
SHIMON PERES promoting fear in the nation.
SHIMON PERES We are talking about human rights, ... The first human right is to remain alive, and Israel is in da...
SHIMON PERES I believe Sadat was an outstanding statesman, and Mister Begin raised to the occasion, and President...
SHIMON PERES unjustifiable escalation that could endanger the Middle East region.
SHIMON PERES I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?
SHIMON PERES You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea. (on the assassinatio...
SHIMON PERES While Yitzhak was alive, he couldn't have had a better supporter than Leah, ... After the assassinat...
SHIMON PERES Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment....
SHIMON PERES The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes c...
SHIMON PERES It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better...
SHIMON PERES The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The...
SHIMON PERES For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic.
SHIMON PERES It is as much an internal battle within the whole Arab world as a conflict with Israel.
SHIMON PERES The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, ...
SHIMON PERES I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary...
SHIMON PERES My family's dream, and my own, was to live in Israel, and our eventual voyage to the port of Jaf...
SHIMON PERES it will be very difficult to continue with the peace process.
SHIMON PERES [Another Palestinian official called the cease-fire declaration a] trick, ... I invite the Palestini...
SHIMON PERES The settlements must be evacuated; the settlers cannot remain,
SHIMON PERES There is no sense whatsoever to remain here. The settlements must be evacuated.
SHIMON PERES With the religious you can hardly negotiate. They think they have supreme permission to kill people ...
SHIMON PERES We will haven't recovered from this (the Holocaust) and I still hear these calls from Iran to destro...
SHIMON PERES It was impossible to clap with one hand.
SHIMON PERES We are going to try for a while to reach a bilateral agreement.
SHIMON PERES There is no dispute, ... There are two different (governmental) systems. Sometimes there are contrad...
SHIMON PERES Yesterday there was an attempt to make a decision to bring down the Palestinian Authority and in eff...
SHIMON PERES Israel expects the Palestinian authorities to take immediate action to stop the firing and put an en...
SHIMON PERES This is like committing suicide.
SHIMON PERES We feel that we can answer the expectation of the president, ... What we are trying to do is impress...
SHIMON PERES we would have left the Gaza Strip ten years ago.
SHIMON PERES I am in favor of talking with the Palestinians, ... I think the [aerial] bombings should be stopped....
SHIMON PERES Israel's demands for a cessation of violence and terror and incitement which has not ceased.
SHIMON PERES They're endangering every attempt to build a block of peace again, ... This reduces very much the ne...
SHIMON PERES We have extremes, ... We don't let extremes use rifles.
SHIMON PERES Unless there will be an end to the rifles and the shooting, I'll be very pessimistic about the futur...
SHIMON PERES Clinton is the greatest charmer on the planet. What he is doing today is noble and global, ... I per...
SHIMON PERES In the new age we must be open, competitive, transparent, keep your decency, ... The Jewish people w...
SHIMON PERES Terrorism must be rooted out,
SHIMON PERES In this meeting we had an exchange of views, and we will continue talking, ... It is better talking ...
SHIMON PERES Gaza from now on is the problem of the Palestinians, not Israel, ... They have tens of thousands of ...
SHIMON PERES The Palestinians must demonstrate they are capable of controlling Gaza. If they do not demonstrate t...
SHIMON PERES Who in the world will pay money (in international aid) or help the Palestinians if terrorism rules i...
SHIMON PERES We are not making Gaza into a prison, people will be able to leave Gaza and enter Gaza, and within G...
SHIMON PERES The occupation of the Gaza Strip was an historic mistake,
SHIMON PERES We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the vict...
SHIMON PERES In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verificat...
SHIMON PERES You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of li...
SHIMON PERES We asked the workers to give up 25 percent of their salaries. Imagine! We asked the industrialists t...
SHIMON PERES You knew then that Shimon could control Hoff.
CARLOS PROCHNOW
I'm not quite sure of his place in history. History will determine that. MARGARET THATCHER Our time in history will definitely speak of change. I'm not sure our children will look back and sa...
PETER STROPLE
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution. JOHN MILTON
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution JOHN MILTON
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. TED KOPPEL Today a dollar will be like a cent to us because its from our parents but im sure tomorrow when u st...
HARSHVINRAJ SINGH
