Quote by Shimon Peres
In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appr

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. – Shimon Peres

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The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and – the most virulent cause of all – the absence of freedom. – Shimon Peres

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Food
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you dont give equal rights to women, you cant progress. – Shimon Peres

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Change
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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. – Shimon Peres

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Peace
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One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple an accident as that which led to the building of the great Washington telescope, and went on to the discovery of the satellites of Mars. – Simon Newcomb

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Science

Your theory is crazy, but its not crazy enough to be true. – Niels Bohr

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Science

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity. – Paul Nurse

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Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldnt happen, but other planets. – Margaret Atwood

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Science

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