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"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man"

- Shimon Peres

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This quote is written / told by Shimon Peres somewhere between August 21, 1923 and today. He/she was a famous Statesman from Israel. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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