Shimon Peres: Doing the impossible by creating peace through politics

What does it mean to fight for civil rights and justice? Is it devoting ones life to advocating for the rights of others or is it simply stating your opinion when you see injustice and hoping for peace? Not implying that the prior is the only way to get involved but now a days we see more of the later. Being a civil right activist is not always easy being mobbed for having an opinion, not having the support of the government which represents you, and even risking the well being of yourself and the ones you love. Shimon dedicated his life to bringing peace and civil rights to the warring Israeli states. His political career is a blueprint for any country willing to move past its pride and provide  all citizens with the rights they deserve. Our country is going through moral decay, African Americans are being murdered by those who are meant to protect them, Islamic citizens are being profiled as terrorist and poverty along with health concerns are ever present in inner cities and poor communities. Our presidential candidates preach peace and equality but Trumps crude business tactics and  Clintons ties to wall street make that hard to believe. Even their "fight for minority rights" seems out of character due to Trumps discrimination towards immigrants and Clintons past with the bombing of other countries for the "benefit of the free world". If American politicians really want to practice what they preach then  take multiple pages out of Shimon Peres' book and then maybe our government and those elected to run would be worthy of their claims. In your opinions what did Shimon do differently that other politicians do not? What does this say about America and the free world when of the most respected civil rights leaders can not be tied  our country?http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/politics/obama-israel-shimon-peres-funeral/index.html