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Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with S >> Quotes By Shimon Peres |
| Quote #1: | "Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)" |
| Quote #2: | "Leading the Jewish people is not easy-we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp-wittedness and polemics to a very high level." |
| Quote #3: | "It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting-their geographical situation has been equally problematic." |
| Quote #4: | "He altered the image of the Jew from that of rabbi, merchant, wanderer, to that of scientist, farmer and soldier." |
| Quote #5: | "He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible." |
| Quote #6: | "Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)" |
| Quote #7: | "If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time." |
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