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- Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable. — Shimon Peres
- I worked with a group of people who argued day and night - professors, officials, the Minister of Finance - but there were decisions that I had to make. — Shimon Peres
- When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist. — Shimon Peres
- I have a brother younger than me. My mother was a librarian, so from her, I got the taste to read. — Shimon Peres
- 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
- He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor. — Shimon Peres