If you eat three times a day, you become fat. If you read three times a day, you become wise. It's better to be wise than fat.
Shimon PeresI was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.
Shimon PeresThe present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.
Shimon PeresDemocracy wants to win by reason, not by arms or by any other material damage, because, look, I don't have to remind you that I am totally for peace. It is my greatest dream. It was and will remain so.
Shimon Peres