Korea Quotes

• North Korea has taught a great lesson to all the countries in the world, especially the rogue countries of dictatorships or whatever: if you don't want to be invaded by America, get some nuclear weapons.

  Michael Moore

  Country, America, Weapons

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• With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch, we shared the view that it undermines the efforts of the various countries concerned to achieve the resolution through dialogue.

  Yoshihiko Noda

  Country, Views, Effort

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• The hope of internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done.

  Peter Singer

  Government, Internet Access, Two

  "The unknown promise of internet freedom" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2010.

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• The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

  Susan Rice

  Risk, Add, Nuclear

  "Interview with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 6, 2009.

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• Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

  Bill Gates

  Moving, Want, Welcome

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• Unfortunately, the cyber threat to 'the grid' is only one means of eviscerating the soft underbelly of American society. Another which has been getting increasing attention could be delivered via the kind of nuclear-armed ballistic missile that Iran and North Korea have been developing: a strategic electro-magnetic pulse attack.

  Frank Gaffney

  Mean, Iran, Pulse

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• I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.

  Larry Hagman

  Real, War, Political

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• There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems.

  Edward James Olmos

  Couple, Real, Iran

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• Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.

  Frank Carlucci

  Keys, Iraq, Important

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• Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.

  Kim Young-sam

  Military, Genocide, Confrontation

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• In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

  Richard Perle

  Liberty, United

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.91, Random House

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• I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

  Joichi Ito

  Strong, Ties, Deals

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• We don't mind that we still have troops in Germany, or that we still have troops in Japan or Korea. But they are not in danger, and we know that they are in danger in Iraq.

  Thelma Drake

  Japan, Iraq, Mind

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• For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.

  Joichi Ito

  Believe, Japan, Two Sides

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• The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

  Michael A. Ledeen

  Real, Axes, Iran

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• The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.

  Zach Wamp

  Ambition, Russia, Japan

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• I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors.

  Kim Young-sam

  Thinking, Issues, Regimes

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• Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

  Robert Benton

  Meaningful, Years, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

  Cathy Freeman

  Meaningful, Chance, Occasions

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

  F. Murray Abraham

  War, Thinking, Ideas

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Aunt, West Germany, East Germany

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• Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Doors, Wells, Imperatives

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• If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Struggle, America, Japan

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• So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Government, Serious, Isolation

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• There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

  Kim Dae-jung

  Military, Successful, Years

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