Iran Quotes - Page 12

• With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy?

  Neil Cavuto

  Lying, Talking, Long

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• If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when more victims than ever were hanged by Iran, women and children in Afghanistan were bombed, whole communities were massacred in South Sudan, 1800 Palestinians were starved and murdered by Assad in Syria, hundreds in Pakistan were killed by jihadist terror attacks, 10,000 Iraqis were killed by terrorists, villagers were slaughtered in Nigeria, but you only cry out for Gaza, then you are not Pro Human Rights, you are only Anti-Israel.

  Hillel Neuer

  Children, Past, Rights

  "Test yourself: Are you pro human rights, or just anti-Israel?". blog.unwatch.org. July 15, 2014.

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• Reagan survived the Iran-Contra scandal because the elements of it that were illegal (aiding anti-communist Nicaraguans) were popular and the things that were unpopular (arming the Iranians) were quite legal.

  David Frum

  War, Elements, Scandal

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• I am worried because I'm hearing some of the same signals about Iran and its nuclear program that were heard as the Bush administration made its case for the war in Iraq. 'It's déjà vu all over again.

  David Kay

  War, Iraq, Cnn

  "Kay, Carter urge caution on Iran". www.cnn.com. February 9, 2005.

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• Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.

  Leon Panetta

  Past, Organization, Support

  Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Saban Center, archive.defense.gov. December 2, 2011.

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• Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values.

  Bob Barr

  Country, Real, Believe

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• But I really believe it is in America's interest as well as that of the free world more generally to stop Iran from getting its hands on nuclear weapons. This regime has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and bring about a world without America, and either of those is a really bad prospect.

  Frank Gaffney

  Believe, Hands, America

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• Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

  Richard Armitage

  Iraq, Population, Lines

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2003.

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• The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.

  Richard Armitage

  Mass Destruction, Would Be, Development

  "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 14, 2003.

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• Because of our youthful population, we suffer from unemployment in Iran. We need more universities and more job opportunities for the young.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Jobs, Opportunity, Suffering

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• The international community can't trust such a government. If the government of Iran wants the international community to believe in what it says, it should try to bring true, pure democracy into the country. The political solution to the energy issue or the nuclear case is democracy in Iran.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Country, Believe, Issues

  Interview with Reese Erlich, www.motherjones.com. April 7, 2007.

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• The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Struggle, Democracy, Faces

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• We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head

  George Hamilton

  Football, Gun, Commentators

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• The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.

  George W. Bush

  Technology, Korea, Usa

  President Bush's Statement on North Korea Nuclear Test, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 9, 2006.

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• We will stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. We will stop that nuclear arms race that could happen in the Middle East. We will also make that Putin knows we have brigades in eastern Europe to make sure we deter his aggression. Peace through strength works.

  Bobby Jindal

  Race, Europe, Middle East

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 25, 2015.

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• Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.

  Bahman Ghobadi

  People, Littles, Young

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• Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons because 'it's contrary to their faith.'

  Barack Obama

  Weapons, Nuclear, Pursue

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• There are Arab countries providing arms I don't know who they are, nobody comes and tells you 'we are providing arms', but what I say is providing arms and ammunition started with certain countries, I'll name them: Russia and Iran to Syria, so it's normal the other side will seek help .... The last resolution adopted less than three weeks ago said all assistance [to the opposition fighters], all assistance including military, it was added.

  Nabil Elaraby

  Country, Military, Russia

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• I think Iran is a very dangerous country - very dangerous to Israel, to the Middle East, and also to the United States. They export terrorism. And they also have the ability to manufacture rockets and missiles.

  Dutch Ruppersberger

  Country, Thinking, Israel

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• Iran launches monkey into space

  John McCain

  Space, Monkeys

  Twitter post from Feb 4, 2013

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• Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as its ethical standpoint.

  Hassan Rouhani

  Religious, Mass Destruction, Weapons

  "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, amanpour.blogs.cnn.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Iran is also engaged in the fight against ISIL for reasons of its own that include a desire not to see a reasonably friendly government in Baghdad falling. But it also includes its desire not to have ISIL's ideology spread in the region where it lives

  David Ignatius

  Fall, Fighting, Government

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

  Mike Eruzione

  Hero, Hockey, Player

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• What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Country, Government, World

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• The most upsetting thing is that the US is a leader in the world, and if they don't sign, then how do you expect to convince Russian and China and Iran, Pakistan, all these other countries, to sign? They simply won't. (The US government) feels it's against their constitutional right to bear arms, or they've said that it's needed in North and South Korea, on the border. I don't think any of these are good enough excuses for the damage.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Thinking, Korea

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