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Shimon Peres
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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)
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.
It is not only the psychology of the people that makes them so exacting-their geographical situation has been equally problematic.
He altered the image of the Jew from that of rabbi, merchant, wanderer, to that of scientist, farmer and soldier.
He restored the Bible to its people, he restored the people to the Bible.
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)
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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