Leading the Jewish people is not easy -- we are a divided, obstinate, highly individualistic people who have cultivated faith, sharp wittedness and polemics to a very high level.
Source: In NY Times, 5 Oct 1986.
-- Shimon Peres, (Aug 16 1923-2016), Israeli political leader; He served as prime minister of Israel, 1984-86; in 1993; as foreign minister, he helped negotiate a peace accord with Yasir 'Arafat.