“Your majesty, the king of Saudi Arabia, I was listening to your message. I wish that your voice will become the prevailing voice of the whole region, of all people. It's right, it's needed, it's promising … The initiative's portrayal of our region's future provides hope to the people and inspires confidence in the nations.”
“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 can't remember anybody who w...”
Shimon Peres
“The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person.”
Shimon Peres
“Nobody thinks the United States went to strike against Iraq in order to gain land or water or oil. Nobody thinks that America has any ambitions about real estate...In the 20th century, the American bo...”
Shimon Peres
“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 challen...”
Shimon Peres
“Optimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently. I prefer to live as an optimist.”
Shimon Peres
