I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.
-- Shimon Peres
   
Shimon Peres   Name:
Shimon Peres
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
Israeli
Birth:
August 21, 1923
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