You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. Shimon Peres More Quotes by Shimon Peres More Quotes From Shimon Peres The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map. Shimon Peres maps iran president In any democratic country you have more than one view. Shimon Peres democratic views country Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets. Shimon Peres no-money company government The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality. Shimon Peres loneliness land birthday Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because he's the giver of life. And assassination stands against democracy, against civilization, against a civilized life of people. Alas, the situation in Lebanon is very chaotic and many innocent people lost their lives because they have a state within a state, an army within an army and the respect for life is not high enough. Shimon Peres punishment army civilization Israel is moving from the realm of poetry to the realm of prose. Shimon Peres realms israel moving Until the Yom Kippur War, in 1973, until then Israel didn't have a chance but to fight for her life. We were attacked five times, outgunned, outnumbered, on a small piece of land, and our main challenge was to remain alive. Shimon Peres fighting israel war Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government. Shimon Peres government israel thinking Can any church help us to win a war? If you can't help us win a war, then please don't press us. Shimon Peres church winning war In every war, there are always elements of blindness. Shimon Peres wisdom wise war 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. Shimon Peres negative-words parent men And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs. Shimon Peres underdog england thinking I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a heritage of culture and values and not of bombs and missiles... How can a nation allow a regime to instill fear, take away the people's freedom and shock the young generation that seeks its way out of the dictatorial Iran. Shimon Peres young-generation iran people When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it. Shimon Peres together order reality Why cross and ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here? Shimon Peres ocean should rivers [Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years. Shimon Peres democracy years thinking In the past, most wars were motivated by the idea of nationhood. Today, however, wars are incited above all using religion as an excuse. Shimon Peres war past ideas Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed today and those that will be developed tomorrow. Shimon Peres stronger israel past 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. Shimon Peres egypt young-generation jobs Polls are like perfume-nice to smell, dangerous to swallow. Shimon Peres polls smell nice
