Quote by Shimon Peres
That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making pe

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. – Shimon Peres

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Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I cant remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned. – Shimon Peres

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I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned. – Shimon Peres

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We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why dont we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion – as everyday work. – Dennis Kucinich

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