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
   
Shimon Peres   Name:
Shimon Peres
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
Israeli
Birth:
August 21, 1923
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