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" You know when civilization began? With the invention of the mirror. "
Shimon Peres
Civilization
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" There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary. "
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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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" 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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" Let all of us turn from bullets to ballots, from guns to shovels. "
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" I dreamed of a future as a muscular, tanned, kibbutznik, who plowed the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley in the day, sang religiously in the dining hall in the evening, and fiercely guarded the farmland at night, riding a noble horse. "
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" My goal in life was to serve my people, and the most important service for the Jewish people is building the land, and the basics of building the people and the country is working the land. "
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" Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region. "
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" When I am speaking about American presidents, I have to speak about my very special relations with President Clinton. He contributed more to peace than anybody else in the American sense. "
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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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" There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place. "
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" A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say. "
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" We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts. "
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Facts
Ignore
" The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of dictators impossible. Today, if you are looking for a safe job, don't become a dictator. "
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You
" You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace. "
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Body
Idea
Noble
" 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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Negative
Man
" 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 have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. "
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" What you can do with relations is greater than what you can do with guns. "
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Guns
" 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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" 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. "
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More
You
" Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent. "
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" We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace. "
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" One of the most important branches of the Egyptian economy is tourism. No bikinis, no tourism. So they have to decide what to do. "
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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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" We have to stand together against terror and the reasons for terrorism, which are poverty and ignorance. "
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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. "
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" When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream. "
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" When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone else to settle who was the heir of Muhammad. This is a Muslim and Arab problem, and they have to deal with it. "
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" I have one weakness. I don't like vacations. I like to work. "
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Vacations
Weakness
" 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. "
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