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. - SearchQuotes

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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

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