Democracy In The Middle East Quotes

• Are the peoples of the Middle East somehow beyond the reach of liberty? Are millions of men and women and children condemned by history or culture to live in despotism? Are they alone never to know freedom and never even to have a choice in the matter?

  George W. Bush

  Children, Men, Choices

  National Endowment for Democracy Address on the Middle East, delivered 6 November 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

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• In the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty.

  George W. Bush

  Running, Long, Liberty

  National Endowment for Democracy Address on the Middle East, delivered 6 November 2003, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

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• It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

  Silvan Shalom

  Easter, Democracy, Middle East

  "PBS NewsHour" with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.

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• A democracy in the Middle East must be more than a democracy in name only - it must live out its principles.

  Kay Granger

  Names, Democracy, Middle East

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• Israel, the Jewish state, the only democracy in the Middle East, continues to shine as a beacon of light in the darkest region of the world.

  Brigitte Gabriel

  Light, Israel, Shining

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• There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would permit democracy in the Middle East, and for a very simple reason. Just take a look at polls of Arab public opinion. They exist. You can't find them in the press, but they exist from prestigious polling agencies. Released by major institutions. And what they show is that if there was democracy in the Middle East, the entire U.S. program for domination of the Middle East would be down the tube.

  Noam Chomsky

  Simple, Agency, Democracy

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Now the question is, now that we are there, what should we do in the best interest of the U.S., not only from a standpoint of the necessity of some stable democracy in the Middle East.

  Mike Huckabee

  Historical, Democracy, Middle East

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• Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

  Chris Chocola

  Easter, Iraq, Democracy

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• A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Democracy, Middle East, Administration

  "A little democracy is a dangerous thing - so let's have more of it". www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2006.

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• Ever since our country came into existence, we have always assumed that we are better than the Arabs. But we are noticing that these are no longer backward people. Suddenly we are confronted with a new situation - the fact that the Arab world maybe thinks just as democratically as we do, perhaps even more democratically. Where does this leave us? After all, we're supposed to be the only democracy in the Middle East!

  Tom Segev

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists in this case have lost contact with a fundamental reality: America has always been less secure when freedom is in retreat; America is always more secure when freedom is on the march.

  George W. Bush

  Reality, America, Democracy

  Remarks by the President at the United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 2, 2004.

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• You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress.

  Shimon Peres

  Husband, Rights, Giving

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• These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

  Noel Gallagher

  Fighting, Democracy, Middle East

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