Iran Quotes - Page 22

• Disagrees with neocon adviser on immediate need to bomb Iran.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Needs, Bombs, Adviser

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• I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.

  Barack Obama

  Diplomacy

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. November 11, 2007.

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• Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

  John McCain

  Iraq, Als, Limits

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• The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran...

  Mitt Romney

  Nuclear Iran, World, Faces

  "Interview with Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 26, 2012.

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• As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime.

  Noam Chomsky

  Trying, Nuclear, Weapons

  "Noam Chomsky: Talking About Iran Sanctions Is ‘Surreal’" by Andrew Perez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 23, 2014.

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• There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course and that is what gets all the attention, there's two countries in the world right now that actually have a Federal mandate to enact penal law according to the Sharia, that's Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

  Mark Durie

  Country, Law, Two

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Part of the problem that we have currently in the Middle East is that[Bashar] Assad has hung on to power with the very strong support of Russia and Iran and with the proxy of Hezbollah being there basically fighting his battles.

  Hillary Clinton

  Strong, Fighting, Russia

  Source: time.com

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• Here's something that I believe we have to do as we put together an international coalition, and that is we have to understand that the Muslim nations in the region - Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Jordan - all of these nations, they're going to have to get their hands dirty, their boots on the ground. They are going to have to take on ISIS.

  Bernie Sanders

  Believe, Dirty, Isis

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic debate at Drake University in Des Moines, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2015.

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• The Revolutionary Guard controls almost everything in Iran, and this is hurting the people.

  Reza Aslan

  Hurt, People, Revolutionary

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• Newt Gingrich...is absolutely for bombing Iran and for lowering gas prices. And I've just to say, you can't be for both. They are diametrically opposed.

  Bill Maher

  Newts, Gas, Bombing

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• The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on its support for Palestinian terrorist groups that oppose the Palestinian Authority, on, most importantly, acting as a land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, where Hezbollah gets all its arms.

  Elliott Abrams

  Issues, Land, Bridges

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• So Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian in space - wasn't he there just last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space.'

  John McCain

  Space, Firsts, Want

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• In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more costly, but we cannot yet calculate the cost of teaching Iran and others, by our role in the casual overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi, the peril of not having nuclear weapons.

  George Will

  Teaching, Iraq, Pigs

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• If Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now.

  Donald Trump

  Should, Folks, Ifs

  Donald Trump during GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• The people who are pushing Jewish supremacism, Zionism – they are absolute evil and they are crazy. All they know is more power, and so there is a real danger, I should say, for Syria , and a danger for Iran at this point.

  David Duke

  Crazy, Real, People

  "It'’s Time to Re-think David Duke" by Israel Shamir, www.unz.com. December 21, 2005.

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• Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Mistake, Feels, Hard Questions

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• Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims there are no homosexuals in Iran, just like there are no gay conservatives in the US.

  Jon Stewart

  Gay, President, Claims

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• [Bashar] Assad is one of the main reasons why ISIS even exists to begin with. Assad is a puppet of Iran.

  Marco Rubio

  Isis, Puppets, Reason Why

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• I don't understand this thing about [Bashar] Assad. He has to go. Assad is aligned with Iran and Russia. The one thing we want to prevent is we want to prevent Iran being able to extend a Shia crescent all across the Middle East. Assad has got to go.

  John Kasich

  Russia, Middle East, Want

  CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• We have to do one thing at a time. We can't be fighting ISIS and fighting [Bashar]Assad. Assad is fighting ISIS. He is fighting ISIS. Russia is fighting now ISIS. And Iran is fighting ISIS.

  Donald Trump

  Fighting, Russia, Isis

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• To me, what I've always said is that the president [Barack Obama] has set up an awful situation through his deal with Iran, because what his deal with Iran has done is empower them and enrich them. And that's the way ISIS has been created and formed here. ISIS is created and formed because of the abuse that [Bashar] Assad and his Iranian sponsors have rained down on the Sunnis in Syria.

  Chris Christie

  Isis, Empowering, Abuse

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", December 16, 2015.

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• When we empower Iran, then get ready for more unrest and more murder and more violence in the Middle East.

  Chris Christie

  Empowering, Middle East, Unrest

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• As commander in chief, I will not speak to Vladimir Putin until we've set up that no-fly zone; until we've gathered our Sunni-Arab allies and begun to deny ISIS territory; until I've called the supreme leader of Iran and told him new deal - new deal. We the United States of America are going to cut off the money flow, which we can do; which we don't need anyone's permission or collaboration to do.

  Carly Fiorina

  Cutting, Isis, America

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

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• I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into Crimea and Ukraine. What reckless is is inviting Russia into Syria to team with Iran. That is reckless. And the reckless people are the folks in the White House right now. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the reckless people.

  Chris Christie

  Team, Russia, Ukraine

  "Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate", cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• We need a president who stands up, number one, and says, we will defeat ISIS. And number two, says the greatest national security threat facing America is a nuclear Iran.

  Ted Cruz

  Nuclear Iran, Isis, Two

  CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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