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 PeresWhy 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 PeresIn order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.
Shimon PeresThe foes now are universal - poverty, famine, religious radicalization, desertification, drugs, proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological devastation. They threaten all nations, just as science and information are the potential friends of all nations. Classical diplomacy and strategy were aimed at identifying enemies and confronting them. Now they have to identify dangers, global or local, and tackle them before they become disasters.
Shimon Peres