Shimon Peres Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.

  Shimon Peres

  Husband, Rights, Giving

• In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

  Shimon Peres

  Media, Democracy, Today

  "Shimon Peres Never Stopped Looking for New Solutions to Old Problems" by Nathan Gardels, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2016.

• Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because he's the giver of life. And assassination stands against democracy, against civilization, against a civilized life of people. Alas, the situation in Lebanon is very chaotic and many innocent people lost their lives because they have a state within a state, an army within an army and the respect for life is not high enough.

  Shimon Peres

  Army, Punishment, Civilization

• [Hamas] thought that if you go to elections you become a democrat for the rest of your life. They think that democracy is limited to one day in four years.

  Shimon Peres

  Thinking, Years, Democracy

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

• Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.

  Shimon Peres

  Funny, Witty, Democracy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.

  Shimon Peres

  War, Mean, Rights

  "We in Israel welcome the Arab spring" by Shimon Peres, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.

• Democracy 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

  Dream, Winning, Democracy

  "Q & A with Israel President Shimon Peres". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

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