Iran Quotes - Page 18

• I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  War, Stupid, Thinking

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• We have to be careful in negotiating with Iran that we don't create the impression among the Arab states and the Sunni states that we are working on a condominium between Iran and the United States, because that will panic them and drive them into making their own arrangement.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  United States, Panic, Impression

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• The Eastern Europeans invested too many of their hopes in the notion that somehow or other the missile shield, even if directed at Iran, would reinforce their security links with the U.S. vis-à-vis Russia.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Russia, Links, Shields

  Source: www.realclearworld.com

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• The Israelis have taken a lot of security measures which reduce significantly the ability of Iran to inflict truly severe pain in Israel. But America is vulnerable with 100,000 troops in Iraq and more than half of that in Afghanistan, and we depend heavily on access to Middle Eastern oil. We're sitting targets for debilitating Iranian retaliation.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Pain, Taken, America

  Source: www.realclearworld.com

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• This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country; Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, those are the top 4, and number 5 is the US. And those are not countries that are known as champions for human rights, you know.

  Shane Claiborne

  Country, Rights, Company We Keep

  Source: medium.com

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• The amount of respect with which I engage Saudi Arabia, I engage Iran with the same amount of respect. The amount of respect with which I speak to America, I speak to Russia with the same amount of respect.

  Narendra Modi

  Russia, America, Arabia

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.in

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• Iran is the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and I am not going to stop until that problem is properly solved.

  Donald Trump

  World, Problem, Terrorism

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do in North Korea. And I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do with Iran. You know why? Because they shouldn't know.

  Donald Trump

  Korea, North Korea, Knows

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Another mess I inherited, and we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of Iran who has totally taken advantage of our previous administration, and they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and we're not going to stop until that problem is properly solved, and it's not properly solved now.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, Administration, World

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• [Iran agreement] is one of the worst agreements I've ever seen drawn by anybody.

  Donald Trump

  Agreement, Worst

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• The idea of feeling displaced, and never feeling safe anywhere in the world, where you always feel like you're safer if you're over there, is not just my experience. If you went to Iran today or an Iranian came to America today, or the fact that there are bombs exploding everywhere, there's just a tremendous sense of fear and feeling a desire for security.

  Shirin Neshat

  America, Ideas, Feelings

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen Iran level asymmetric attacks against their facilities or their interests.

  Barack Obama

  Views, Levels, Affair

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Reality, Different, Sometimes

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

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• I sincerely hope that the difficulties that are there in Iraq and Iran can be resolved, that Iraq will see a new era of hope in which its people will enjoy a full sovereignty.
  And also the problems that there is with Iran can be resolved through dialogue through giving diplomacy a chance.

  Manmohan Singh

  Iraq, People, Giving

  "Dr Manmohan Singh's interview with Charlie Rose". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.rediff.com. March 1, 2006.

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• What if there's another terrorist attack? I cringe at the ideas of our enemies watching this, knowing much like the president we have now. You can do anything you want, you can jerk us around, you can harass our naval ships the way Iran is doing right now, and we're not going to do anything. We're not going to react.

  John McCain

  Ideas, Knowing, What If

  "Clinton, Trump square off in commander-in-chief forum". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2016.

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• If you really look at the aftermath of Iraq, Iran is going to be taking over Iraq. They've been doing it. And it's not a pretty picture.

  Donald Trump

  Iraq, Aftermath, Looks

  "Donald Trump’s interview at the Commander-in-Chief Forum". www.freerepublic.com. August 9, 2016.

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• Iran is one of their biggest trading partners. Iran has power over North Korea.

  Donald Trump

  Korea, Partners, Trading

  First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.nbcnews.com. September 27, 2016.

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• We need to make it very clear - whether it's Russia, China, Iran or anybody else - the United States has much greater capacity. And we are not going to sit idly by and permit state actors to go after our information, our private-sector information or our public-sector information.

  Hillary Clinton

  Russia, United States, Needs

  "2016 Presidential Debates", TV Mini-Series (2016– ). "Episode #1.1", www.imdb.com. 2016.

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• I voted for every sanction against Iran when I was in the Senate, but it wasn't enough. So I spent a year-and-a-half putting together a coalition that included Russia and China to impose the toughest sanctions on Iran.

  Hillary Clinton

  Russia, Years, Together

  "The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated". www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

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• I saw Donald [Trump] saying that there were some Iranian sailors on a ship in the waters off of Iran, and they were taunting American sailors who were on a nearby ship. He said, you know, if they taunted our sailors, I'd blow them out of the water and start another war. That's not good judgment.

  Hillary Clinton

  War, Blow, Water

  Source: time.com

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• When they made that horrible deal with Iran, they should have included the fact that they do something with respect to North Korea. And they should have done something with respect to Yemen and all these other places.

  Donald Trump

  Should Have, Korea, Done

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• This is one of the worst deals ever made by any country in history. The deal with Iran will lead to nuclear problems.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Nuclear, Problem

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• They [Iran] are going to end up getting nuclear. I met with Bibi Netanyahu the other day. Believe me, he's not a happy camper.

  Donald Trump

  Believe, Nuclear, Mets

  Source: time.com

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• It's also important that we look at the entire global situation. There's no doubt that we have other problems with Iran. But personally, I'd rather deal with the other problems having put that lid on their nuclear program than still to be facing that.

  Hillary Clinton

  Doubt, Important, Looks

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the first 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, moderated by anchor of NBC Nightly News Lester Holt, www.nbcnews.com. September 26, 2016.

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• Donald [Trump] never tells you what he would do. Would he have started a war? Would he have bombed Iran? If he's going to criticize a deal that has been very successful in giving us access to Iranian facilities that we never had before, then he should tell us what his alternative would be.

  Hillary Clinton

  War, Successful, Giving

  Source: time.com

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