He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor. Shimon Peres literaturementorpersonal Change image and share on social
If I tax them, in fact, I'm not taxing the capitalists, I am taxing the people who have saved, trusted. It was very controversial, those sorts of things. But finally, it worked out. Shimon Peres capitalistcontroversialfact Change image and share on social
I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned. Shimon Peres defenseknowlearn Change image and share on social
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics. Shimon Peres eastmiddlepolitic Change image and share on social
That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. Shimon Peres bearbencombination share on social
Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization. Shimon Peres feelgovernmentindustry share on social
A solution of two national states - a Jewish state, Israel; an Arab state, Palestine. The Palestinians are our closest neighbors. I believe they may become our closest friends. Shimon Peres arabclosefriend Change image and share on social
There was one occasion when I was very young - eight years or seven years old - that Jewish businessmen went through the forest, and they were assassinated. And that was for the first time I saw in our paper where there were assassinations in our place. Shimon Peres assassinateassassinationbusinessman share on social
Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man. Shimon Peres basicallyheadignorant Change image and share on social
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. Shimon Peres basicallybasketballgood Change image and share on social