Quote by Shimon Peres
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My m

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. – Shimon Peres

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The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the worlds economy hostage. – Shimon Peres

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Peace
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Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. – Shimon Peres

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Freedom
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I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook. – Shimon Peres

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Peace
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History
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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History

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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History

Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction. – W.H. Auden, A Certain World

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History

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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History

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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place — service — social service — the ants creed, the bees creed. – John Galsworthy

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He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that others slave. – Baltasar Gracian

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communication

Life certainly points it out to you – you can go this way or the other way. You have to decide and its a very strong decision because, would you sleep well knowing that youre living in the best place, but youre letting the place where you should live alone? – Gael Garcia Bernal

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alone

We cant go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there, unless we can demonstrate that it is in Americas interest. I happen to think it is. – Hillary Clinton

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Money