Iran Quotes - Page 34

• We got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.

  George W. Bush

  War, Israel, People

  "Sen. Lieberman Backs U.S. Action Against Iran". Interview with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. November 2, 2007.

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• If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Thinking, Korea, Issues

  "IAEA Leader's Phone Tapped". www.washingtonpost.com. December 12, 2004.

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• If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.

  Hugo Chavez

  Oil, Mad, United States

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• The danger of Iran is if you listen to what the Ayatollah is saying, to what the Mullahs are saying, rational self-preservation is not their objective. If Iran acquires a nuclear weapon the odds are unacceptably high that that weapon will not be simply stockpiled, but it will be detonated over Tel Aviv, or New York, or Los Angeles.

  Ted Cruz

  New York, Odds, Self

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• If we had allowed things to drift, everything would have gone from bad to worse. Nasser would have become a kind of Moslem Mussolini, and our friends in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and even Iran would gradually have been brought down. His efforts would have spread westwards, and Libya and North Africa would have been brought under his control.

  Anthony Eden

  Iraq, Effort, Arabia

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• I hate to make predictions, but I think the economy is going to be permanently changed for the worse. I think our foreign policy is going to lead to changes that will be definitely for the worse, particularly if we drift into a nuclear Iran, which I gather that's what the administration is doing.

  Thomas Sowell

  Hate, Thinking, Nuclear Iran

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Whatever Iranian people have bought, they have bought in the black market. It is not clear what they have bought, how many secondhand materials they have bought. I am very worried that something like Chernobyl will happen to Iran.

  Akbar Ganji

  People, Black, Worried

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• The ecological movement is concerned about this, and this is in here, where everything is public. In Iran, where everything is covert, we have no firsthand information.

  Akbar Ganji

  Movement, Information, Concerned

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, we believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right. Now, at the realm of realpolitik, because there is a global consensus against Iran, and because there are all manner of dangers facing Iran, I am opposed to this program.

  Akbar Ganji

  Country, Believe, Two

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The New York Police Department says Iran has conducted surveillance inside New York City. They say Iranian operatives are using special mobile surveillance units. I believe they're called taxi cabs.

  Jay Leno

  New York, Believe, Taxi Cabs

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• Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Country, Islamic, Warrior

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• the use of nuclear weapons is Iran's right.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Nuclear, Use, Weapons

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• It was an agreement between Saddam (Hussein) and the shah of Iran and not between Iraq and Iran.

  Jalal Talabani

  Agreement, Iraq, President

  "Iran, Iraq Deal 'Still Stands'". www.news24.com. December 26, 2007.

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• I always tell the Kurds who defend independence: Let's say we declared the independent Kurdish state and Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey imposed sanctions on us, without waging a war. How would we survive under those circumstances?

  Jalal Talabani

  War, Independent, Iraq

  "Talabani: War against Turkey equal to war against democracy". Turkish Daily News, September 14, 2007.

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• When you're a brown Muslim from Iran talking about Jesus on TV, you need to keep your cool at all times, OK? That's not rocket science.

  Reza Aslan

  Jesus, Talking, Needs

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• There are many people inside Iran who say, "We don't have enough to eat. Why do we need a nuclear bomb?"

  Farah Diba

  People, Nuclear, Bombs

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race and raise the prospect of a transfer of nuclear know-how to terrorists. Its president denies the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The danger from Iran is grave, it is real.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Israel, Race

  "The Iranian Revolution". "Rear Vision" with Annabelle Quince, www.abc.net.au. February 11, 2009.

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• The baseline is the same. Is Iran going to suspend enrichment activity? Is Iran going to return to the negotiations? Or is Iran going to continue, as we think they have, to stall and prevaricate and extend things in a meaningless way in order to avoid censure.

  Joseph Adam Ereli

  Thinking, Order, Way

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• Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.

  Azar Nafisi

  Causes, Symptoms

  "Mutually Assured Misunderstanding". Interview with Wen Stephenson, www.pbs.org. April 23, 2002 - May 2, 2002.

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• Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying we're going to wipe you off the planet.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Strong, Mean

  "Mccain’s Newest Ad: Reprising a (Debunked) Lie" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. October 28, 2008.

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• Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Believe, Way Forward, Diplomacy

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• I would be saying to the Iranians, you either open those facilities, begin to dismantle them and make them available to inspectors or we will degrade those facilities though air strikes. And make it very public that we are doing that. Iran would not get a nuclear weapon under my watch.

  Rick Santorum

  Air, Watches, Would Be

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• If we cannot understand the depth of feeling in the Muslim world toward Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islam as a political force, then we will be doomed to failure in every encounter we have with the world.

  Hooman Majd

  Political, Feelings, Brotherhood

  Hooman Majd (2013). “The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran”, p.1930, Penguin UK

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• Iran's strong logic and firm diplomacy is the guideline for all government officials in negotiations on country's peaceful nuclear program with foreigners, quite resolutely.

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  Country, Strong, Government

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• Obama has been saying for years now - he said it again on Sunday - that climate change is the biggest threat facing the planet, all the while he knew that Iran is just a couple months away from a nuclear bomb.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Couple, Sunday, Years

  FaceBook post by Rush Limbaugh from Apr 21, 2015

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