Shimon Peres Quotes

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Shimon Peres

Profession : Statesman

Birth : August 2, 1923

A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say.

Shimon Peres

David Ben-Gurion was a mythic figure, the founding father of Israel and a modern-day prophet, but he was also a real man who stormed through history on human legs. It was my great privilege to know him and work with him for many years.

Shimon Peres

The signing of the Israel-PLO accord is more than a political milestone. It is a transformative event which touches every Jewish family - physically, emotionally, spiritually.

Shimon Peres

When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.

Shimon Peres

There is a real need to construct a different Middle East. The Middle East must change because the world has changed. And instead of oppositional armies that are fighting usually one against another, now we have a net of terrorists that are trying to destroy everything. They are not two; they are hundreds.

Shimon Peres

I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans and Democrats. As far as Israeli security is concerned, he has done the most that an American president can do.

Shimon Peres

We are living in a world where image-making is important, so we ignore the facts.

Shimon Peres

When it comes to the Sunnis and Shiites, it is not for the United States or for us or for anyone else to settle who was the heir of Muhammad. This is a Muslim and Arab problem, and they have to deal with it.

Shimon Peres