Shimon Peres Quotes on War & Peace (22 Quotes)

When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.

walk the last piece of the road for peace.

Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, ... Nobody can have 100 percent of his desires. He must compromise.

There is no shortage of anger in the Middle East, and to add anger to anger is not a contribution to peace, ... is really harassing the peace process.

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.

They're endangering every attempt to build a block of peace again, ... This reduces very much the necessary trust for going back and negotiating with the responsible party.

Israel is determined to bring an end to the violence and bring a beginning to peace, ... Actually, we'd like to end violence as soon as possible because we're interested to start the negotiation at the earliest possible date.

A political agreement (with Syria) may be an end of a war. But an economic agreement may be a beginning of peace,

He was a visionary, a believer in peace. He supported it, dreamed of it and fought for it, ... With his passing, we lose one of the most experienced and wisest leaders that this region has enjoyed in the last half century.

Peace is something that needs continuous cultivating and unending dialogue, ... At Oslo it was agreed to clarify all the issues by way of dialogue at the negotiating table, without the interference of terror and violence, and that is the way to act.

I understand that this is a battle for power, but I am convinced that if Netanyahu is elected, he will be as he was before previous elections, ... He was in favor of the Oslo Accords, and he shook Arafat's hand.

With the religious you can hardly negotiate. They think they have supreme permission to kill people and go to war.

Football is a great contributor to the peace process, ... I think all of us are coming here with one message and that is peace has a future.

I do believe his visit can have an impact on the peace process as well.

Upon my return I shall announce it. In my eyes it's not a problem of parties but a problem of peace -- how to create a strong coalition for peace.

The demand today is about an international intervention, not a foreign presence, and about a large force. That changes the picture, ... I don't think they will be able to bring peace. Peace will result from direct talks.

Clinton is the greatest charmer on the planet. What he is doing today is noble and global, ... I personally think we have to privatize peace. This conference is inviting global companies to help build a Palestinian state. You have to construct it.

It's the first time that Saudi Arabia has taken an open position that calls for peace,

We make a peace appeal to the nuclear officials of Iran and urge them to abandon their nuclear intrigues.

If there will be a war, we will be a good soldier.

We came in as a wind of peace and we are determined to do so, ... We didn't come in for power and we didn't come in for cover. We came in for a new initiative, and we are very serious and very determined to achieve it.

it will be very difficult to continue with the peace process.