Iran Quotes - Page 24

• 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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• We need to focus our attention on Iran, because if you miss Iran, you are not going to get ISIS. The two are inextricably connected because one causes the other.

  Chris Christie

  Isis, Two, Focus

  "5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 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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• ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.

  Ted Cruz

  Children, War, Isis

  The fifth Republican debate, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• Hillary Clinton has aligned herself with Barack Obama on ISIS, Iran and the economy. It's an alliance doomed to fail. My proven record suggests that - my detailed plans will fortify our national and economic security. And my proven record as governor makes - will give you a sense that I don't make false promises.

  Jeb Bush

  Isis, Giving, Promise

  "5th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". 2016 presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.washingtonpost.com. December 15, 2015.

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• If Iran and North Korea, by some horrible, devilish, nightmarish scenario, got together and went to war at the same time, one against Saudi Arabia and one against South Korea, I don't know what we would do about that. I don't know that we could stop them short of using nuclear weapons.

  Ben Stein

  War, Korea, Together

  "Economist Ben Stein". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. August 30, 2012.

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• Our relations with Iran have witnessed grave crises because of the policies of successive regimes in Iran which have considered Iraq and the Arab homeland, particularly the Arab Gulf area, as a sphere for domination and influence.

  Saddam Hussein

  Iraq, Spheres, Influence

  Saddam Hussein (1981). “Statement of H.E. Mr. Saddam Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the Iraq-Iranian conflict: before the third summit meeting of the Islamic Conference, 19-22 Rabi'i-al Awal, 1401, 25-28 January, 1981, Saudi Arabia”

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• We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by various means under successive regimes in Iran) is the decisive battle for the Arabs. What we have said, and still say, is that the fight against Zionism is the main decisive battle for the Arabs. This is a great objective reality, which cannot be denied or underestimated except by someone who would not only harm the Arab nation and its main causes, but would also overlook the main danger.

  Saddam Hussein

  Mean, Fighting, Reality

  "President Saddam Hussein's Speech on National Day", Baghdad : Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Pub, 1981.

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• President Obama hosted lawmakers Thursday saying he wanted bipartisan input on health care reform. Nobody's mind was changed. At the summit's end he threatened to go with the nuclear option, showing he's tougher on Republicans than he is on Iran.

  Argus Hamilton

  Mind, President, Reform

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• “Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town-hall meeting in Tehran.” That’s telling ’em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they’d call her bluff.

  Mark Steyn

  Monday, Ems, Towns

  "Keeping You Safe". www.nationalreview.com. February 20, 2010.

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• Even non-democratic allies no longer trust America. Barack Obama has alienated our most important and longest standing Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Both the anti-Muslim Brotherhood and the anti-Iran Arab states have lost respect for him.

  Dennis Prager

  Egypt, America, Brotherhood

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• North Korea announced that they have nuclear weapons and they have no plans to give them up. The White House, acting quickly, announced their plan to invade Iran.

  Craig Ferguson

  Korea, White, Giving

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• If the six-nation forums dealing with Iran and North Korea suffer comparable failures, the consequence will be a world of unchecked proliferation, not controlled by either governing principles or functioning institutions. A modern, strong, peaceful Iran could become a pillar of stability and progress in the region. This cannot happen unless Iran's leaders decide whether they are representing a cause or a nation - whether their basic motivation is crusading or international cooperation. The goal of the diplomacy of the Six should be to oblige Iran to confront this choice.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Strong, Motivation, Korea

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• If the Democrats feel they have lost the public's confidence in their stewardship of national security, then the threat of Iran offers a Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, or John Kerry an opportunity to get out front now and pledge support for a united effort - attacking Bush from the right about too tepid a stance rather from the predictable left that we are 'hegemonic' and 'imperialistic' every time we use force abroad.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Opportunity, Support, Effort

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• Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Isis, Rebel

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• The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every single decision.

  Hooman Majd

  Decision, Political, States

  "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and the media is guilty, just as it was in the Iraq war - then the easier it becomes for Americans to accept that we might just have to resort to military force to remove any Iranian threat.

  Hooman Majd

  Military, War, Media

  "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Iran is a huge country and much, much more sophisticated than most people imagine... It certainly has the potential to be at least the way Turkey is to most Americans.

  Hooman Majd

  Country, Turkeys, People

  "US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Turkey is viewed as a very modern country and a great place to go and visit and yet Islamic as well. Iran is in some ways like that... with the difference that Iran is probably more influential than Turkey in affairs that are of interest to us.

  Hooman Majd

  Country, Islamic, Turkeys

  "US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it`s one thing to do that - it`s a giant moment in Israeli politics to decide to do that.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Trying, President, Giants

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think that it was - Benjamin Netanyahu almost couldn`t help the Iran deal, but John Boehner sort of walked him into it as well.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Helping, Deals

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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